HISTORICAL  CATALOGUE 

OF 

THE  ST.  ANDREW'S  SOCIETY 
OF  PHILADELPHIA 


THIS   EDITION  IS    LIMITED 
TO  FOUR  HUNDRED  COPIES 


HISTORICAL  CATALOGUE 

OF 

THE 

ST.  ANDREW'S  SOCIETY 
OF  PHILADELPHIA 


WITH  BIOGRAPHICAL  SKETCHES 
OF  DECEASED  MEMBERS 


COMPILED  BY 

ROBERT  B.  BEATH 


VOLUME  II 


PRINTED  FOR  THE  SOCIETY 
1913 


PRINTED   BY  J.   B.   LIPPINCOTT  COMPANY 

AT  THB  WASHINGTON  SQUARE  PRESS 

PHILADELPHIA,  U.  S.  A. 


ROBERT  BURNS  BEATH 

President  1906-1907 
Historian,  The  St.  Andrew's  Society 


Sfack 

Annex 


5014928 


PREFACE 

IN  issuing  this  second  volume  of  the  Historical  Cata- 
logue of  The  St.  Andrew's  Society  of  Philadelphia,  the 
writer  may  properly  feel  that  he  can  now  be  relieved  of 
further  work  and  responsibility  in  this  direction.  The 
work  has  been  carried  on  between  times  in  a  busy  life,  and 
has  proved  pleasant  and  interesting. 

It  is  to  be  regretted  that  a  number  of  names  of  our 
deceased  members  have  been  omitted  from  this  volume  after 
repeated  inquiries  failed  to  secure  the  information  desired. 

The  St.  Andrew's  Society  is  greatly  indebted  to  one, 
not  a  member,  Mr.  Frank  Willing  Leach,  whose  mono- 
graphs on  "  Old  Philadelphia  Families  "  in  the  Sunday  edi- 
tion of  the  "  North  American  "  have  been  freely  drawn 
upon. 

The  Biddle,  Burd,  Dundas,  Leiper,  McCall,  Mcllvaine, 
Smith,  and  other  Scotch  families  have  been  portrayed  in 
Mr.  Leach's  interesting  articles  as  among  the  foremost  and 
best  of  those  who  helped  in  the  building  of  City,  State,  and 
Nation. 

In  later  important  events,  as  circumstances  or  conditions 
have  demanded,  other  members  of  The  St.  Andrew's  So- 
ciety have  also  well  performed  their  several  parts  as  citizens 
of  our  country,  by  birth  or  adoption,  and  they  will  continue 
to  do  so. 

ROBERT  B.  BEATH 
December,  1913 


CONTENTS 


PAGE 

A  SYNOPSIS  OF  THE  RECORDS  OF  THE  EARLY  YEARS  OF  THE  SOCIETY.  .  i 

SEAL  AND  CERTIFICATES  OF  MEMBERSHIP 19 

CONTINUATION  OF  THE  MINUTES  OF  THE  SOCIETY 22 

NOTES  OF  SPECIAL  SERMONS 32 

ONE  HUNDRED  AND  SIXTY-FOURTH  ANNIVERSARY 176 

BIOGRAPHIES  OF  DECEASED  MEMBERS 

AITKEN,  ROBERT 41 

ANGUS,  CAPTAIN  JOHN 44 

BAINE,  JOHN 45 

BALD,  ROBERT  L 46 

BARTRAM,  GEORGE,  SR 46 

BARTRAM,  GEORGE,  JR 47 

BINGHAM,  GEN.  HENRY  H 48 

BINNY,  ARCHIBALD 50 

BLACKIE,  JAMES 54 

BOWIE,  RALPH,  ESQ 54 

BOYD.  MALCOLM  PETER 55 

BOYD,  PETER,  ESQ 56 

BROCKIE,  WILLIAM 58 

BUCHANAN,  REV.  DUNCAN  MCLENNAN 59 

BUIST,  ROBERT,  JR 60 

BURNS,  FRANK 61 

BURNS,  DR.  ROBERT  BRUCE 62 

CAMPBELL,  JAMES  FAIRMAN 173 

CARSTAIRS,  JAMES 63 

CARSTAIRS,  THOMAS 64 

CRAIG,  HUGH,  JR 172 

CUMMINGS,  COL.  ALEXANDER 65 

DOBSON,  THOMAS 67 

DUNDAS,  THOMAS 67 

FREEMAN,  TRISTRAM  B 70 

GALEY,  WILLIAM  THOMAS 70 

GOODFELLOW,  GEORGE 71 

GRAHAM,  WILLIAM 72 

HAMILTON,  GAVIN,  SR 73 

HAMILTON,  GAVIN,  JR 74 

HARDING,  ALEXANDER 75 

HAVILAND,  JOHN 76 

HENDERSON,  ROBERT 77 

vii 


ILLUSTRATIONS 

PAGE 

STANDARDS  OF  THE  ST.  ANDREW'S  SOCIETY Frontispiece 

ROBERT  BURNS  BEATH iv 

GRAEME  PARK 3 

FREEMASON'S  LODGE 7 

BUSH  HILL 10 

INDIAN  QUEEN  HOTEL 1 1 

CITY  TAVERN 15 

CERTIFICATE  OF  MEMBERSHIP  1750 20 

CITY  RESIDENCE,  REV.  DR.  WM.  SMITH 21 

TITLE  PAGE  OF  HOLY  BIBLE 42 

MOUNT  PLEASANT 88 

PRESENT  AND    RECENT    OFFICERS   THE    ST.   ANDREW'S 

SOCIETY,  1913 i 

DARRACH,  HENRY  MCPHERSON,  HON.  JOHN  B. 

FERGUSSON,  ALEXANDER  C.,  JR.         MILNE,  CALEB  J.,  JR. 
FERGUSSON,  JOHN  MITCHELL,  DR.  S.  WEIR 

GIGER,  FREDERICK  S.  MITCHELL,  DR.  JOHN  K. 

GRAY,  JOHN  GORDON  RODGERS,  JOHN  J.  S. 

HOFFMAN,  BENJAMIN  R.  SMITH,  LATIMER  P. 

KERR,  WILLIAM  McM.  THOMAS,  J.  FREDERICK 

LAMB,  REV.  JAMES  H.,  D.D.  TODD,  HON.  M.  HAMPTON 

MACFARLAN,  DR.  MALCOLM 

PORTRAITS  OF  DECEASED  MEMBERS 

(Titles  following  names  as  President,  Physician,  etc.,  refer  to  positions  in 
The  St.  Andrew's  Society.) 

AITKEN,  ROBERT 41 

BINGHAM,  GEN.  H.  H 48 

BINNY,  ARCHIBALD 50 

BOYD,  PETER 56 

BUCHANAN,  REV.  D.  McL 59 

BURNS,  DR.  ROBT.  BRUCE 62 

CRAIG,  HUGH,  JR 172 

HARDING,  ALEXANDER 75 

HOPE,  JAMES  F 79 

MACALISTER,  JAMES,  M.A.,  LL.D 173 

MACLURE,  WILLIAM 84 

MELVILLE,  ADMIRAL  G.  W 93 

MILNE,  CALEB  JONES 100 

MCCLELLAN,  DR.  GEORGE 109 

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Illustrations 

McCREA,  JAMES in 

NIMLET,  DAVID  C 1 18 

NORTH,  HON.  HUGH  McA 119 

OSWALD,  COL.  ELEAZAR 122 

PITCAIRN,  ROBERT 126 

REGISTER,  ISAAC  L 129 

RITCHIE,  CRAIG  D 131 

RONALDSON,  CHARLES  E 133 

RUSSELL,  ADMIRAL  ALEXANDER  W 135 

SINKLER,  DR.  WHARTON 138 

SMITH,  CAPT.  ROBERT 145 

SMITH,  THOMAS  DUNCAN 150 

SNOWDEN,  COL.  ARCHIBALD  L 152 

THOMPSON,  HON.  SAMUEL  G 158 

WALLACE,  PROF.  SHIPPEN 167 

WARDEN,  WILLIAM  G 168 


THE  ST.  ANDREW'S  SOCIETY 
OF  PHILADELPHIA 

OFFICERS  AND  COMMITTEES  FOR  THE  YEAR 
ENDING  NOVEMBER  30,  1914 

PRESIDENT 
ALEXANDER  C.  FERGUSSON,  JR. 

VICE-PRESIDENTS 

CALEB  J.  MILNE,  JR. 

J.  FREDERICK  THOMAS 

SECRETARY 

BENJAMIN  R.  HOFFMAN 

(Room  6 10,  328  Chestnut  St.) 

TREASURER 

FREDERICK  S.  GIGER 

(Room  610,  328  Chestnut  St.) 

PHYSICIANS 

MALCOLM  MACFARLAN,  M.D. 

JOHN  K.  MITCHELL,  M.D. 

CHAPLAIN 
REV.  JAMES  H.  LAMB,  D.D. 

COUNSELLORS 
HON.  M.  HAMPTON  TODD 
LATIMER  P.  SMITH,  ESQ. 

HISTORIAN 
ROBERT  B.  BEATH 

ASSISTANTS 

JOHN  FERGUSSON  WM.  McM.  KERR 

JOHN  J.  S.  RODGERS  FREDERICK  S.  GIGER 

HENRY  DARRACH 


Standing   Committees 

FINANCE  COMMITTEE 

WM.  RUDOLPH  SMITH,  Chairman 

JOHN  G.  CARRUTH  WILLIAM  E.  HELME 

AUDITING  COMMITTEE 

ALEXANDER  C.  FERGUSSON,  Chairman 

W.  WALLACE  ALEXANDER  JAS.  BURNETT  GIBB 

QUARTERLY  MEETING  COMMITTEE 

GEORGE  DUNCAN,  Chairman 
WILLIAM  MCLEAN  CHAS.  J.  MAXWELL 

ELECTIVE  COMMITTEE 

DAVID  MILNE,  Chairman 

DR.  J.  LAWSON  CAMERON  CHAS.  M.  McCLOUD 

JOHN  P.  MACBEAN  A.  REED  MC!NTIRE 

WOODLANDS  BURIAL  LOT  COMMITTEE 

W.  W.  WALLACE,  Chairman 
CHAS.  DAVIS  CLARK  JOHN  GRAHAM 

LIBRARY  COMMITTEE 

DAVID  MILNE,  Chairman 

BENJAMIN  R.  HOFFMAN  DR.  R.  T.  MCKENZIE 

F.  E.  STEWART,  M.D.  REV.  E.  MORRIS  FERGUSSON 

ROBERT  B.  BEATH  FREDERICK  S.  GIGER 

OFFICIAL  PIPER 
DONALD  MACNEAL 

STANDARD  BEARERS 
CHARLES  E.  MAXWELL,  Chairman 

CALEB  J.  MILNE,  3d  THOMAS  DUNCAN  SMITH 

FREDERICK  T.  THOMAS  FRANK  S.  MUZZEY 

A.  REED  MC!NTIRE 


PORTRAITS  OF 

PRESENT  AND  RECENT  OFFICERS 
THE  ST.  ANDREW'S  SOCIETY 


SILAS  WEIR  MITCHELL,  M.D.,  LL.D. 
President  1908-1911 


JOHN  GORDON  GRAY 
President  1912-1913 


ALEXANDER  CUTHILL  FERGUSSON.  JR. 
President  1913 — 


CALEB  JONES  MILNE,  JR. 
Vioe-President  1911 — 


J.  FREDERICK  THOMAS 
Vice-President  1913 — 


HON.  JOHN  BAYARD   McPHERSON 
Vice-President  1904-1906 


BENJAMIN  ROSE  HOFFMAN 
Secretary  1913 — 


FREDERICK  SIDNEY  GIGER 
Treasurer  1910 — 


MALCOLM  MACFARLAN,  M.D. 
Physician  1880 — 


JOHN  KEARSLEY  MITCHELL,  M.D. 
Physician  1910 — 


REV.  JAMES  HART  LAMB,  D.D. 
Chaplain  1906 — 


HON.  M.  HAMPTON  TODD 

President  1890-1891 

Counsellor  1872 — 


LATIMER  PAINTER  SMITH,  ESQ. 
Counsellor  1912 — 


ASSISTANTS 
WILLIAM  McMURTRIE  KERR  JOHN  JACOB  SMITH  RODGERS 

JOHN  FERGUSSON 
FREDERICK  SIDNEY  GIGER  HENRY  DARRACH 


THE 

ST.  ANDREW'S  SOCIETY 
OF  PHILADELPHIA 

A  SYNOPSIS  OF  THE  RECORDS  OF  THE 
EARLY  YEARS  OF  THE  SOCIETY* 

THE  first  Minute-book  of  The  St.  Andrew's  Society  of 
Philadelphia  covers  the  period  from  the  date  of  formal 
organization,  December  7,  1749,  to  November  30,  1776, 
important  years  in  the  history  of  Province,  State,  and 
Nation;  from  the  time  of  the  preliminary  movements  to 
secure  and  establish  British  possession  in  Western  Pennsyl- 
vania and  beyond  its  borders,  to  within  but  a  few  months 
after  the  Declaration  of  Independence,  in  all  of  which 
events  members  of  this  Society  bore  prominent  parts. 

Some  twenty-five  men — all  of  Scottish  birth,  as  appears 
by  the  statement  in  the  "  Advertisement "  printed  in  full 
in  the  Historical  Catalogue  of  the  Society  of  1907 — met  in 
Philadelphia  on  the  date  first  named  to  put  into  formal 
operation  a  Society  for  the  relief  of  "  the  poor  and  dis- 
tressed "of  their  countrymen. 

*  In  compiling  the  first  volume  of  the  Historical  Catalogue  of  The 
St.  Andrew's  Society  of  Philadelphia,  the  Committee  did  not  deem  it 
necessary  to  traverse  the  ground  gone  over  by  a  former  committee,  of 
which  the  able  Secretary,  Craig  D.  Ritchie,  Esq.,  was  chairman,  but 
since  that  time  the  writer  has  carefully  scanned  the  old  Minutes  and 
deemed  it  well  to  present,  in  this  form,  not  only  the  objects  aimed  at 
in  the  organization  of  the  Society,  but  also  the  personnel  of  the  men 
to  whom  we  are  so  much  indebted.  R.  B.  B. 


Synopsis  of  Early  Records 

In  explanation  of  their  purpose,  they  said: 

We,  who  are  Natives  of  that  part  of  Great  Britain  called  Scotland 
and  reside  in  the  City  of  Philadelphia,  meeting  frequently  with  our 
Country-people  here  in  distress,  who  generally  make  application  to 
some  one  or  other  of  us  for  relief,  have  agreed  to  form  ourselves  into 
a  Society  in  order  to  provide  for  these  Indigents  whereby  they  may  be 
more  easily,  more  regularly,  and  more  bountifully  suppl'd  than  cou'd 
well  be  done  in  the  common  troublesome  way  of  making  occasional 
collections  for  such  purpose. 

As  we  propos'd  to  restrict  the  Charities  of  our  Society  to  our 
Indigent  Country-Folks  alone,  so  it  was  our  original  intention  to 
admit  none  but  Scotsmen  born  into  the  Society,  and  to  apply  to  or 
receive  contributions  from  none  else. 

The  requisites  for  membership  were: 

Any  man  of  honour  and  integrity  provided  he  be  a  Scotsman  or 
the  son  of  a  Scotsman  or  of  Scots  Parentage  .  .  .  able  and  willing 
to  contribute  towards  a  Charitable  design  of  this  Nature  whereby  their 
own  Kinsmen  from  Scotland  might  some  time  be  relieved  in  time  of 
want  and  Necessity. 

The  Rules  adopted,  twenty-seven  in  number,  provided 
means  for  carrying  out  the  objects  aimed  at,  which  included 
benevolent,  social  and  fraternal  features. 

The  Minutes  state  as  to  the  organization: 

At  a  general  meeting  of  The  St.  Andrew's  Society  held  this  day, 
the  committee  appointed  to  draw  up  Rules  for  the  Society  had  them  in 
readyness,  they  were  accordingly  laid  before  the  Society  and  being 
unanimously  agreed  to,  were  signed  by  the  members  and  agreeably 
to  the  said  Rules  the  Society  elected  the  following  officers. 

The  record  of  this  meeting  ends : 

Voted  unanimously  agreed  and  Seal'd  with  the  Society's  seal  at 
Philadelphia  in  the  Province  of  Pensilvania  this  Seventh  of  December 
in  the  year  of  our  Lord,  One  Thousand  Seven  hundred  and  forty-nine. 

It  is  a  proper  inference  from  the  above  that  prior  meet- 
ings had  been  held,  a  committee  appointed  on  Rules,  and 
the  name  and  form  of  the  Society  agreed  upon,  for  both 
Advertisement  and  Rules  show  careful  consideration  and 


Synopsis  of  Early  Records 

required  time  for  their  preparation,  but,  as  we  find  no 
record  of  any  earlier  meetings,  the  date  named  (December 
seventh)  must  be  held  as  the  date  of  organization. 

The  signatures  of  the  Founders  of  the  Society  were 
written  evidently  on  a  separate  sheet  and  later  pasted  in 
this  Minute-book;  several  of  the  names  have  been  in  part 
mutilated,  but  they  can  be  easily  identified  from  the  con- 
text. Following  these  twenty-five  names  is  written  "  these 
are  the  original  members."  The  signatures  of  twenty-two 
others  are  appended  without  specifying  the  dates  of  their 
election  to  membership. 

The  officers  then  elected  were:  President,  Dr.  Thomas 
Graeme;  Vice-President,  James  Burd;  Treasurer,  John 
Inglis;  Secretary,  James  Trotter;  Assistants  (Almoners), 
Dr.  Adam  Thomson  and  William  Mcllvaine. 

With  the  exceptions  of  Doctors  Graeme  and  Thomson, 
the  officers  named  were  engaged  in  business  of  various 
kinds,  and  doubtless  all  the  members  were  selected  because 
of  their  standing  in  the  community. 

Dr.  Graeme,  the  President,  was  then  second  on  the 
roll  of  Justices  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  the  Province, 
appointed  April  9,  1731.  He  was  born  in  Perthshire,  Scot- 
land, of  the  powerful  family  of  the  Grahams  of  that  sec- 
tion. Educated  as  a  physician,  Dr.  Rush  later  said  of  him 
that  for  nearly  half  a  century  he  maintained  a  place  in  the 
front  rank  of  his  profession. 

He  was  active  also  in  political  and  social  affairs,  held 
various  offices,  and  at  the  time  of  his  death — in  his  84th 
year,  September  4,  1772 — had  been  serving  for  about 
twenty  years  as  naval  officer  for  the  port  of  Philadelphia. 
His  city  residence  was  on  the  north  side  of  Chestnut  Street 
below  Seventh.  His  country-seat,  Graeme  Park,  on  a  tract 
of  1 200  acres  on  the  southern  boundary  of  the  present 
Montgomery  county,  and  some  eighteen  miles  from  the 
centre  of  Philadelphia,  was  one  of  the  noted  country  estates 
of  that  period.  His  youngest  daughter,  Elizabeth  Fergus- 

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Synopsis  of  Early  Records 

son,  was  reputed  to  be  the  most  accomplished  woman  of  pro- 
vincial times. 

Colonel  James  Burd,  Vice-President,  was  the  founder 
in  this  country  of  the  well-known  Burd  family.  He  had. 
as  an  advertisement  shows,  a  store  on  Carpenter's  Wharf, 
"  opposite  Wm.  Coleman's,"  for  the  sale  of  English  silk 
goods,  etc.  He  was  the  leading  engineer  in  building  roads 
for  the  march  of  the  troops  in  the  Braddock  campaign 
to  Western  Pennsylvania,  and  was  promoted  later  for  active 
service  from  captain  to  lieutenant-colonel,  and  to  colonel 
in  the  subsequent  campaign  under  General  John  Forbes. 

John  Inglis,  Treasurer,  a  merchant,  was  conspicuous 
in  public  and  social  affairs  and  married  one  of  the  Mc- 
Calls,  a  prominent  family  of  that  day.  He  was  President 
of  this  Society  when  he  died. 

James  Trotter,  Secretary,  and  William  Mcllvaine,  an 
Assistant,  were  also  engaged  in  mercantile  business.  Mr. 
Trotter,  Secretary,  advertised  as  an  importer  of  broadcloths, 
etc.,  at  his  store  "  next  door  to  Townsend  White  on  Front 
Street." 

Dr.  Adam  Thomson,  an  Assistant  and  later  Vice-Presi- 
dent, was  noted  as  one  of  the  first  physicians  to  practise 
inoculation  for  the  prevention  of  smallpox.  He  removed 
to  New  York  in  1755,  and  there  interested  himself  in  the 
formation  of  the  Saint  Andrew's  Society  of  that  city,  of 
which  he  became  Vice-President  and  then  President,  1757. 
Full  credit  for  his  active  assistance  in  this  respect  is 
accorded  Dr.  Thomson  in  the  History  of  the  Saint  Andrew's 
Society  of  New  York. 

Membership. — It  can  be  said  of  all  the  early  members 
recorded  in  these  Minutes,  that  they  were  prominent  in  the 
community.  Those  benighted  people  who  look  upon  the 
Scotch  as  a  "  dour,  crabbed  lot "  may  be  surprised  to  learn 
that  the  lists  of  the  First  Dancing  Assembly  in  Philadelphia 
— composed  of  those  who  were  then  foremost  in  the  social 
whirl — contained  the  names  of  each  of  the  officers  and  of 
other  members  of  The  St.  Andrew's  Society,  twenty- four 

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Synopsis  of  Early  Records 

in  number.  John  Inglis,  Treasurer  of  the  Society,  was 
a  recognized  leader  in  those  festivities.  His  portrait  was 
painted  for  the  Assembly.  The  first  name  on  the  subscrip- 
tion list  1748-49,  preserved  by  the  Historical  Society  of 
Pennsylvania,  is  that  of  the  Lieutenant-Governor,  James 
Hamilton,  elected  President  of  The  St.  Andrew's  Society 
November  30,  1750. 

The  Rev.  Richard  Peters,  secretary  to  the  Penns,  in  a 
letter  relates,  as  a  matter  of  society  gossip,  that  the  Gover- 
nor at  the  opening  of  the  Dancing  Assembly  received  a  very 
decided  snub  from  a  lady  whom  he  had  invited  to  open 
the  dance  with  him.  She  declined,  it  was  understood,  be- 
cause the  Governor  had  not  first  called  upon  her.  The 
letter  says : 

two  or  three  other  ladies  out  of  Modesty  and  from  no  manner  of  ill- 
design  excused  themselves,  so  that  the  Governor  was  put  to  his  shifts 
when  Mrs.  Willing,  now  "  Lady  Mayoress  "  in  a  Most  Genteel  manner 
put  herself  in  his  way.  The  Governor  danced  the  first  Minuet  with  this 
amiable  lady  who  showed  her  fine  breeding  by  stepping  in  to  prevent 
his  being  placed  in  an  awkward  position. 

The  "  Lady  Mayoress  "  was  before  her  marriage,  Anne, 
daughter  of  Edward  Shippen,  first  Mayor  of  Philadelphia 
under  charter  of  1701. 

The  Society  was  represented  also  in  all  the  military 
companies  of  the  time.  A  number  belonged  to  the  Church 
of  England,  several  served  as  vestrymen  in  Christ  Church 
and  St.  Peter's,  and  one  prominent  member,  later  President 
of  the  Society,  Rev.  William  Smith,  D.D.,  of  the  College 
of  Philadelphia  and  first  Provost  of  the  University  of 
Pennsylvania,  was  repeatedly  chosen  as  orator  for  special 
public  occasions  and  preached  in  both  Christ  Church  and 
St.  Peter's.  Others  were  prominent  members  of  the  early 
Presbyterian  churches  and  members  and  officers  of  the 
first  Masonic  lodge. 

Meeting  Places. — During  the  first  seventeen  years,  the 
secretaries  did  not  record  on  the  Minutes  the  places  where 
meetings  of  the  Society  were  held.  Fortunately,  one  of  the 

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Synopsis  of  Early  Records 

Rules  required  publication  in  the  newspapers  of  the  time 
and  place  for  such  meetings,  and  an  examination  of  old 
newspaper  files  has  made  it  possible  to  supply  these  omis- 
sions except  as  to  the  place  for  the  first  meeting,  before 
referred  to,  that  of  December  7,  1749. 

The  Pennsylvania  Gazette  was  then  published  by  Ben- 
jamin Franklin  and  David  Hall,  the  latter  one  of  the 
founders  of  the  Society  and  at  that  time  in  full  charge  of 
the  printing  business  established  by  Dr.  Franklin.  After 
Mr.  Hall's  death  and  the  dissolution  of  the  firm,  his  place 
was  taken  by  his  son  William,  who  with  William  Sellers 
continued  the  publication  of  the  Gazette,  and  they  printed 
the  catalogue  of  the  Society  for  1769.  William  Hall  was 
also  Secretary  of  the  Society  during  a  part  of  the  Revo- 
lutionary War,  in  which  he  served  as  a  sergeant  of  the 
famous  company  of  cavalry,  now  known  as  the  First  Troop 
Philadelphia  City  Cavalry. 

As  before  stated,  no  record  has  been  found  of  the  place 
of  meeting  on  December  7,  1749,  but  the  first  Quarterly 
Meeting,  that  of  February  28,  1750,  was  held  at  the  "  Tun 
Tavern,"  originally  on  King  (now  Water)  Street  below 
Chestnut,  and  likewise  all  the  meetings  in  the  years  1750- 
1751.  Therefore  it  is  probable  that  the  first  meeting  was 
held  at  the  same  place. 

The  call  for  the  first  Quarterly  Meeting,  February  28, 
1750,  appeared  in  both  the  Pennsylvania  Gazette  and  the 
Pennsylvania  Journal  or  Weekly  Advertiser,  reading: 

The  Members  of  THE  ST.  ANDREW'S  SOCIETY 

are  desired  to  attend  their  Quarterly  Meeting  at  the  Tun  Tavern  on 
Water  Street  on  Wednesday  the  28th  February  [1750]  precisely  at  Six 
o'clock  in  the  Evening.  JAMES  TROTTER,  Cl'k. 

A  similar  notice  called  for  the  next  Quarterly  Meeting 
to  be  held  at  the  same  place  on  Friday,  August  31,  1750; 
and  that  for  St.  Andrew's  Day,  November  30,  1750,  reads: 

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The  Members  of  THE  ST.  ANDREW'S  SOCIETY 

are  desired  to  attend  their  Anniversary  Assembly  on  Friday  the  3Oth 
of  this  Instant  at  the  Tun  Tavern  in  Water  Street,  precisely  at  10 
o'clock  in  the  forenoon.  JAMES  TROTTER,  Sec'y- 

At  the  second  anniversary,  on  St.  Andrew's  Day,  No- 
vember 30,  1751,  the  Vice-President,  Dr.  Adam  Thomson, 
called  attention  "  to  some  dissatisfaction  existing  about 
meeting  in  a  Publick  Tavern  "  on  account  of  the  added 
expense,  and  a  committee  was  appointed  to  arrange  for 
future  meetings  in  the  "  Assembly  Room  on  Mr.  (Andrew) 
Hamilton's  wharf,"  and  they  were  to  furnish  the  wine  and 
other  necessaries  for  the  suppers.  This  building  was  located 
on  the  Delaware  River  front,  north  of  the  old  drawbridge 
at  Dock  Street,  and  was  used  for  various  stores,  lodge- 
rooms,  and  the  Dancing  Assembly  previously  referred  to. 
John  Inglis,  first  Treasurer  of  the  Society,  was  one  of  the 
tenants  in  this  building. 

The  quarterly  meetings  from  February  28,  1752,  until 
the  end  of  the  year  1754  were  held  on  Hamilton's  wharf; 
but  the  Anniversary  of  November  30,  1752,  was  held  at  the 
"  Bull's  Head  "  on  Market  Street,  that  of  1753  at  the  "  Tun 
Tavern,"  and  that  for  1754  at  the  "Three  Crowns"  at 
Second  and  Walnut  Streets,  "  famed  for  the  excellence  of 
its  table." 

Freemason's  Lodge. — In  1754  the  Masons,  on  account  of 
objections  of  members  to  meetings  in  the  taverns,  caused  a 
building  to  be  erected  on  Norris  Alley — later  named  Lodge 
Alley  and  now  Sansom  Street — on  part  of  the  site  now 
occupied  by  the  U.  S.  Appraisers'  stores  on  Second  Street 
above  Walnut. 

The  dedicatory  sermon  was  delivered  in  Christ  Church 
on  Tuesday,  24th  June,  1755,  the  Grand  Anniversary  of 
St.  John  the  Baptist,  by  the  Rev.  William  Smith,  of  The  St. 
Andrew's  Society. 

A  copy  of  the  sermon,  "  printed  by  B.  Franklin  and 

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D.  Hall,"  elsewhere  referred  to,  with  notes  by  Dr.  Smith, 
is  in  the  possession  of  his  great-great-grandson  William 
Rudolph  Smith,  Esq.,  a  Past  President  of  The  St.  Andrew's 
Society. 

On  February  28,  1755,  the  Society  met  in  the  "  Masonic 
Lodge,"  and  continued  to  meet  there  until  1764,  in  all 
about  nine  years.  Afterward  frequent  changes  were  made, 
as  we  find,  in  addition  to  the  "  Tun,"  the  tavern  of  Patrick 
Byrne,  Front  Street  below  Walnut;*  then  to  John  Mc- 
Intyre's,  on  Front  Street,  at  the  sign  of  the  ship  "  Penn- 
sylvania " ;  "  The  Fleece,"  on  Front  Street ;  the  "  Bunch 
of  Grapes,"  on  Third  above  Market  Street;  and  for  the 
years  1774,  1775,  and  1776  at  the  "  Indian  Queen,"  on 
Fourth  Street  south  of  Market,  probably  the  most  notable 
hostelry  of  that  day.  (See  illustration.) 

Membership. — The  provision  for  membership  has 
already  been  stated,  but  at  first  there  was  no  rule  as  to 
"  Honorary  Members."  On  May  31,  1750,  it  was  agreed — 

That  any  of  our  Country-men  who  are  strangers  and  are  applyed 
to  for  Charity  and  they  give  twenty  shillings  or  upwards  shall  be 
deemed  Honorary  Members  and  a  copy  of  the  Rules  be  delivered  them. 

Mr.  James  Wardrop  of  Virginia  is  thus  first  recorded, 
with  a  contribution  of  two  pounds  three  shillings  and  six 

pence,  and  Mr.  Lawson  of   Maryland,  one  pound. 

There  were  quite  a  number  of  contributors  of  this  charac- 
ter, and  these  entries  have  caused  some  confusion  in  re- 
cording also  as  "  Honorary  Members "  persons  residing 
within  the  State  at  a  distance  from  Philadelphia.  Notable 
instances  are:  Doctor,  later  General,  Hugh  Mercer,  of  the 
present  Franklin  County,  member  1757,  and  General  Arthur 
St.  Clair,  of  Westmoreland  County,  member  1775.  The 
latter  presided  over  the  meetings  of  Congress  in  Philadel- 
phia before  a  President  of  the  United  States  was  elected. 
In  1769  formal  provision  was  made  for  two  classes  of 

*  The  Society  of  the  Sons  of  St.  George  organized  in  this  tavern, 
April  23,  1772. 

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membership,  "  Resident "  and  "  Honorary,"  the  latter  to 
be  of  "  those  who  residing  at  too  great  distance  from 
Philadelphia  to  be  considered  as  Resident  members  and 
present  a  sum  not  less  than  Twenty  shillings  to  the  Use 
of  this  Society," — the  applicant  to  be  "  a  native  of  that  part 
of  Great  Britain  called  Scotland,  or  the  son  or  grandson  of 
parents,  one  of  whom  at  least  hath  been  born  in  Scotland." 

The  Catalogue  of  1769  contains  the  List  of  Officers  for 
that  year  and  the  names  of  76  Resident  and  147  Honorary 
Members. 

Attendance  at  Meetings. — A  peculiar  fact  shown  on 
these  early  Minutes  is,  that,  excepting  as  to  the  officers, 
the  names  of  members  present  at  the  meetings  were  entirely 
omitted,  and  only  names  of  absentees  recorded,  who  were 
to  be  fined  under  the  Rules  unless  a  reasonable  excuse  was 
presented  at  the  next  meeting.  The  fines  first  imposed  were 
ten  shillings  for  absence  from  the  Quarterly  Meetings  and 
twenty  shillings  for  absence  on  St.  Andrew's  Day.  There 
are  entries  of  committees  appointed  at  various  times  to 
collect  fines  from  delinquents  when  money  was  especially 
required  for  charities.  The  suppers  at  the  Quarterly  Meet- 
ings could  not  have  been  as  liberally  provided  as  they  are 
now  in  the  line  of  eatables,  but  from  the  bills,  of  which  we 
have  copies,  the  liquid  refreshments  were  evidently  more 
than  liberal,  and  the  Society  had  to  rule  that  all  who  staid 
after  a  designated  hour  were  to  foot  their  own  bills. 

Charitable  Work. — Many  pages  of  the  first  Minute- 
book  are  devoted  to  entries  of  applications  for  assistance, 
a  number  were  copied  in  full  accompanied  by  the  action 
taken  in  each  case,  and  all  show  the  great  need  for  such  a 
Society.  It  required  considerable  time  to  inquire  closely 
into  the  necessities  of  each  case,  and  it  was  found  necessary 
later  to  divide  the  city  into  districts,  so  that  the  Officers 
and  Assistants  could  reach  the  needy  more  quickly  and  give 
proper  help,  and  also  avoid  duplications,  as  even  then,  when 
a  party  had  been  aided  by  one  Assistant,  he  could  promptly 
call  on  another  with  the  same  result.  Many  of  the  records 

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are  pathetic,  of  women  misled,  children  suffering,  men 
searching  for  work,  the  sick  requiring  medicines  and  medi- 
cal attendance,  the  dead  to  be  buried.  There  are  entries 
of  applicants  found  unworthy,  but  their  cases  also  required 
attention. 

Later  Officers  of  the  Society. — The  high  standing  of 
the  officers  elected  at  the  first  meeting  has  been  referred 
to,  and  brief  mention  made  of  the  social  position  and 
political  services  of  the  President,  Doctor  Graeme. 

James  Hamilton,  who  had  previously  served  as  Mayor 
of  Philadelphia,  and  to  whose  foresight  is  largely  due  the 
erection  of  the  old  City  Hall  at  Fifth  and  Chestnut  Streets, 
was  in  1750  Lieutenant-Governor  of  the  Province.  He 
was  the  oldest  son  of  the  celebrated  lawyer,  Andrew  Hamil- 
ton, one  of  the  prime  movers  in  locating  the  "  State-House," 
now  Independence  Hall,  in  the  present  Independence 
Square. 

At  the  first  Anniversary  of  the  Society,  on  St.  Andrew's 
day,  November  30,  1750,  the  Assistants  reported  that  they 
had  waited  upon  the  Governor  (Hamilton)  with  a  copy 
of  the  Rules,  and  that  "  His  Honour  desired  to  become  a 
member  of  the  Society,"  "  which  being  unanimously  agreed 
to,  a  deputation  was  sent  to  wait  upon  him  with  a  certificate 
of  his  election." 

The  Society  then  proceeded  to  elect  officers  for  the 
next  year,  and  Governor  Hamilton  was  promptly  elected 
President  and  so  served  during  the  years  1750-1754.  In 
October,  1754,  Hamilton  resigned  as  Lieutenant-Governor, 
and  was  succeeded  in  that  position  by  the  Hon.  Robert 
Hunter  Morris,  of  the  New  Jersey  family  of  that  name. 
Governor  Morris  was  a  descendant  of  the  distinguished 
Scotch  family  with  which  the  Duke  of  Montrose  was  allied. 
He  was  promptly  elected  a  member  of  The  St.  Andrew's 
Society,  and  at  the  November  meeting  of  that  year  was 
elected  its  President.  He  was  relieved  as  Governor  in 
1756  by  William  Denny,  who  had  the  disadvantage  of  not 
being  a  Scotsman  and  consequently  was  not  eligible  as  a 

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INDIAN  OUEEN    HOTEL. 


By  Courtesy  of  the  Historical  Society  of  Pennsylvania 

INDIAN  QUEEN  HOTEL 

Located  on  east  side  of  Fourth  Street  below  Market.     One  of  the  most  noted  Inns  of 

that  period 


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THE  ST.  ANDREW'S  SOCIETY  met  here  August  31,  1773,  and  until  November  30,  1776, 
n,  as  our  Minutes  state,  "the  meeting  adjourned  without  supping  on  account   of  the 


unsettled  state  of  the  times."     The  Society  also  met  here  as  late  as  1791 


Synopsis  of  Early  Records 

member  and  President  of  the  Society;  so  Dr.  Graeme  served 
in  the  interim  until  October,  1759,  when  Hamilton  was  in- 
duced by  the  Penns  to  again  accept  office  as  Lieutenant- 
Governor,  and  was  again  elected  President.  He  so  served 
until  November,  1763,  when  Dr.  Graeme,  whose  fine  hand 
could  be  seen  in  these  selections,  resumed  the  office,  holding 
it  until  the  year  preceding  his  death,  when  John  Inglis  was 
elected  President,  and  he  was  succeeded  by  the  Rev.  Dr. 
William  Smith. 

An  entry  on  the  Minute-Book  for  August  30,  1776, 
states — 

The  Sec'y  advertised  according  to  custom  but  the  President  and 
Vice-President  judg'd  proper  to  put  off  this  meeting  owing  to  a  number 
of  the  members  being  out  of  town,  or  more  particularly  on  account  of 
the  convulsed  and  unsettled  state  of  the  times. 

The  last  meeting  recorded  in  this  Minute-book  is  that 
of  November  30,  1776,  at  the  "  Indian  Queen"  Tavern. 
The  members  recorded  present  were  Rev.  Dr.  William 
Smith,  President;  Capt.  John  Macpherson,  David  Sproat, 
William  McMurtrie,  Thomas  Dundas,  William  Tod,  and  the 
Secretary,  Aneas  Urquhart.  The  Minutes  state — 

It  was  unanimously  agreed  by  the  members  present  that  the 
officers  of  last  year  be  continued  and  that  the  petitions  from  objects 
of  distress  be  referred  to  the  old  committee.  The  Company  then 
adjourned  themselves  without  supping  having  first  agreed  to  allow 
Mr.  Lee  a  full  compensation  for  his  trouble  in  preparing  to  entertain 
them.  (Signed)  ANEAS  URQUHART, 

Secretary. 

Independence  of  the  mother  country  had  been  declared 
and  so  announced  in  the  "  State-House  "  yard  nearly  five 
months  preceding  that  date,  and  the  war  was  on,  destined 
to  continue  for  five  weary  years. 

We  find  no  Minute-book  following  this  meeting  until 
that  which  records  the  Anniversary  at  the  "  City  Tavern," 
November  30,  1786,  an  interval  of  ten  years,  but  fortunately 
the  books  of  the  Treasurer  have  been  preserved. 

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Before  inquiring  into  the  proofs  of  meetings  of  The 
St.  Andrew's  Society  during  those  years  for  which  Minutes 
are  missing,  it  is  well  to  recall  that  war  between  the  Colonies 
and  Great  Britain  had  begun  with  the  skirmish  at  Lexing- 
ton, April  19,  1775,  and  it  was  Captain  John  Pitcairn  (pos- 
sibly the  British  officer  of  that  name,  elected  as  Honorary 
Member  in  1752)  who  there  ordered  the  "  rebels  "  to  dis- 
perse. On  June  I7th  following,  the  Battle  of  Bunker  Hill 
was  fought,  and  there  Pitcairn  was  killed  while  gallantly 
leading  his  men. 

The  British  troops  occupied  Philadelphia  from  Septem- 
ber 26,  1777,  to  June  30,  1778,  and  the  Scotch  folks  were 
treated  to  a  sight  of  the  noted  42nd  Highlanders  in  their 
kilts  coming  now  as  enemies,  whereas  on  a  previous  visit 
they  were  friends.  As  soon  as  it  was  known  that  the  British 
soldiers  were  on  the  march  to  enter  Philadelphia,  both  Con- 
gress and  the  Executive  Council  united  to  strip  the  city  of 
everything  which  would  contribute  to  the  comfort  of  the 
enemy.  All  kinds  of  provisions  were  ordered  to  be  trans- 
ported except  the  barest  necessities  for  families,  and  this 
was  being  done  until  the  British  troops  entered. 

The  horsemen  under  Washington  patrolled  the  country 
for  miles  around  to  prevent  provisions  reaching  the  city. 
Captain  Allan  McLane,  repeatedly  referred  to  in  Dr.  Weir 
Mitchell's  "  Hugh  Wynne,"  was  one  of  the  "  rough-riders  " 
engaged  in  this  work.  McMinn,  in  "  The  Frontier  with 
Colonel  Antes,"  says  of  the  city,  "  There  was  the  most  awful 
poverty  and  want,  also,  and  such  want  that  exceeded  the 
sufferings  at  Valley  Forge." 

Flour  rose  to  three  guineas  per  hundred,  potatoes  six- 
teen shillings  a  bushel,  beef  seven  shillings  and  sixpence  a 
pound,  and  other  things  in  proportion. 

The  financial  condition  of  the  country  may  also  be 
judged  by  an  entry  on  the  books  of  the  Treasurer  of  The 
St.  Andrew's  Society,  James  Craig,  Jr.,  for  November  30, 
1779,  when  he  shows  balance  in  the  treasury  of  £9.12.6, 

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"  which  reduced  to  specie  as  of  ist  March,  1779,  at  10  for 
one  is  19  shillings  3  pence." 

In  1778  David  Lenox  and  Gavin  Hamilton  paid  as 
entrance  fees  for  membership  each  £11.5,  which  represented 
the  actual  fee  of  £1.15.  Other  members  then  elected  paid 
smaller  sums. 

The  members  were  naturally  divided  in  their  opinions 
as  to  Independence.  The  two  Stedman  brothers,  founders 
and  active  members  of  the  Society,  vestry-men  in  Christ 
Church,  were  steadfast  in  loyalty  to  their  king.  Charles 
Stedman  was  Vice-President  of  the  Society  in  1755  and 
again  in  1760.  Alexander  Stedman  was  a  justice  of  the 
Supreme  Court  of  the  Province  in  1764.  They  had  accumu- 
lated large  properties  in  Lancaster  County  and  in  Phila- 
delphia, which  were  confiscated,  when  they  returned  to  the 
old  country  and  there  died.  Charles  Stedman,  a  son  of 
Alexander,  born  in  Philadelphia,  December  22,  1755,  bap- 
tized in  Christ  Church,  entered  the  British  service  at  the 
outbreak  of  the  war,  at  the  age  of  twenty-one,  and  was  a 
commissary  in  the  South.  When  the  war  closed,  he  went 
to  England,  and  in  1794  issued  in  two  volumes  a  "  History 
of  the  Origin,  Progress,  and  Termination  of  the  American 
War."  A  copy  of  this  work  in  the  possession  of  the  His- 
torical Society  of  Pennsylvania  has  interlined  corrections 
and  additions,  apparently  made  by  himself.  The  maps  are 
very  interesting  to  the  student  of  Revolutionary  times. 

David  Sproat,  Vice-President  1772-73,  present  at  the 
St.  Andrew's  meeting  November  30,  1776,  joined  the  British 
service  when  that  army  was  at  the  Brandywine  prior  to 
entering  Philadelphia,  and  he  was  later  assigned  the  pitiful 
task  of  oversight  of  the  British  prison  ships  in  New  York 
harbor.  An  account  relative  to  Mr.  Sproat  and  this  service 
is  elsewhere  recorded  in  this  volume  which,  by  official  docu- 
ments, relieves  him  of  the  odium  then  cast  upon  him.  He 
was  a  prominent  merchant  in  Philadelphia  and  his  property 
also  was  confiscated. 

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Andrew  Elliott,  who  married  Eleanor,  daughter  of 
George  McCall,  one  of  the  most  active  members,  Vice- 
President  in  1754  and  again  in  1759,  was  appointed  in  1764 
Collector  of  Customs  in  New  York  and  in  1780  was  made 
Lieutenant-Governor  of  that  Province.  He  there  did  his 
duty  faithfully  and  conscientiously  in  responsible  positions 
assigned  him,  until  the  war  closed,  when  he  returned  to 
Scotland,  where  he  died  in  1797.  He  also  had  been  engaged 
in  mercantile  business  in  Philadelphia. 

On  the  side  of  the  Colonies  the  gallant  youth,  Captain 
John  Macpherson,  member  1773,  lost  his  life  with  his  chief, 
General  Montgomery,  at  Quebec;  Arthur  St.  Clair,  from 
Westmoreland  County,  elected  honorary  member  November 
30,  1775,  became  a  major-general;  and  Dr.  Hugh  Mercer, 
elected  in  February,  1757,  from  the  present  Franklin 
County,  who  had  served  with  honor  in  the  Braddock  and 
Forbes  campaigns  in  Western  Pennsylvania,  fell  mortally 
wounded  at  Princeton,  then  a  brigadier-general  in  the 
Revolutionary  service. 

The  Philadelphia  Troop  of  Light  Horse,  now  the  First 
City  Troop,  repeatedly  called  on  for  service  by  General 
Washington,  was  officered  during  the  entire  period  of  the 
war  by  First  Sergeant  Thomas  Leiper  (later  our  Vice- 
President)  and  Second  Sergeant  William  Hall,  the  latter 
at  the  time  being  Secretary  of  the  Society.  William  H. 
Tod,  Esq.,  William  Turnbull,  David  Lenox,  Matthew  Irwin, 
and  James  Craig,  Jr.,  were  also  members  of  the  First 
Troop  of  Horse.  Captain  Robert  Smith,  whose  biography 
follows  in  this  volume,  served  from  New  York.  He  was 
twice  wounded  and  retired  on  that  account.  On  coming  to 
Philadelphia,  he  enlisted  in  1781  as  a  private  in  this  notable 
troop.  James  Craig,  Senior,  Treasurer  of  the  Society,  was 
owner  and  part  owner  of  a  number  of  armed  privateering 
vessels  during  the  war.  He  was  appointed  by  Congress 
January  9,  1776,  with  Robert  Morris  and  others  a  Com- 
missioner of  Naval  stores.  Doubtless  other  members  were 


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in  the  military  and  naval  service  whom  we  cannot  now 
directly  locate. 

Members  of  the  Society  were  also  large  contributors  of 
moneys  for  carrying  on  the  war.  In  1780  a  fund  of  300,000 
pounds  was  raised  by  the  "  National  Bank  for  the  United 
States  of  America  "  for  supplying  provisions  to  the  army. 
Among  the  larger  subscribers  were :  Thomas  Leiper,  4000 
pounds ;  Matthew  Irwin,  5000 ;  William  Hall,  2000 ;  Samuel 
Inglis,  2000;  William  Turnbull,  1000;  and  these  with  other 
members  of  the  Society  were  giving  their  services  freely  to 
the  Colonies  in  various  directions.  Samuel  Inglis  served 
as  Treasurer  of  the  Society  1767-69  and  died  September 
17,  1783.  This  fund  was  closed  finally  in  1784,  having 
distributed  three  million  rations  and  other  needed  supplies 
to  the  army. 

To  recur  now  to  the  years  for  which  the  Minutes  of  the 
Secretary  are  missing,  November  30,  1776,  to  November 
30,  1786. 

The  second  Minute-book  in  possession  of  the  Society 
records  an  Anniversary  Meeting  at  the  City  Tavern,  No- 
vember 30,  1786. 

James  Wilson,  who  had  become  a  member  of  the  Society 
in  1768  and  whose  fame  was  to  become  as  wide  and  lasting 
as  the  nation,  is  recorded  as  President,  and  he  so  served 
during  the  next  ten  years  of  his  useful,  busy  life.  He  is 
recorded  February  28,  1775,  as  having  made  a  special 
donation  for  the  use  of  the  Society. 

The  Rules  of  the  Society  were  copied  in  full  in  this 
book,  followed  by  the  signatures  of  fifty-three  members; 
of  this  number  the  names  of  twenty-seven  are  recorded  on 
the  Treasurer's  books  as  members  prior  to  1776,  showing 
continuance  of  the  Society  during  the  war.  There  is  no 
reference  on  these  Minutes  to  any  interregnum  of  meetings. 

Treasurer  Craig's  books  show  the  following  entries  for 
fees  of  new  members  for  November  30,  1778:  "Gavin 
Hamilton,  £15.5;  Captain  George  McNaughton,  £4.17; 


Synopsis  of  Early  Records 

George  Clayton,  £4.15;  David  Lenox,  £11.5 ;  James  Heron, 
£7.10."  He  reported  a  balance  then  in  his  hands  of  twenty- 
four  pounds,  twelve  shillings  and  sixpence.  (See  reference 
to  depreciated  currency,  page  12.)  For  November  30,  1779, 
he  reported  from  "New  Members:  Captain  John  Angus,* 
£1.15 ;  Captain  John  Young,  £1.15 ;  Captain  Thomas  Huston, 
£1.15;"  these  military  titles  would  show  that  they  were 
in  the  service.  Receipts  for  dues  entered  for  same  period, 
one  pound  each,  from  Thomas  Leiper,  William  Hall,  James 
Craig,  Jr.,  David  Lenox,  William  Murray,  William  Semple, 
and  James  Heron,  all  noted  as  members  prior  to  the  outbreak 
of  the  Revolution. 

No  advertisements  have  been  found  for  meetings  in 
1778  and  1779,  but  the  records  of  the  Treasurer  are  con- 
clusive as  to  continuance  of  the  Society  during  those  years. 
In  1779  Thomas  Leiper  was  given  £12.15  to  distribute  per 
erders  for  relief  of  applicants. 

For  later  years,  until  the  entries  were  made  in  the  second 
Minute-book  in  our  possession,  November  30,  1786,  printed 
notices  of  meetings  follow : 

—1780— 
Pennsylvania  Gazette,  November  29th: 

The  Members  of  The  ST.  ANDREW'S  SOCIETY  and  their  visiting 
friends  are  requested  to  attend  their  Anniversary  Meeting,  to-morrow 
Evening  at  Six  O'clock  at  the  City  Tavern. 

W.  HALL,  Secretary. 

John  Henderson,  of  New  Orleans,  is  noted  as  having 
contributed  to  the  Society  this  year  three  pounds. 

—1781— 

Pennsylvania  Gazette,  February  28th: 

The  Members  of  The  ST.  ANDREW'S  SOCIETY  are  requested  to  attend 
their  Quarterly  Meeting  this  Evening  at  6  o'clock  at  the  Coffee-house. 

WILLIAM  HALL,  Secretary. 

*  See  sketch  of  Captain  Angus  in  this  volume. 

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Pennsylvania.  Gazette,  November  27,  1781 : 

The  Members  of  THE  ST.  ANDREW'S  SOCIETY 

are  requested  to  attend  their  Anniversary  Meeting  on  Friday  night  at 
Six  o'clock  in  the  Evening  at  Mr.  Byrne's  Tavern  on  Front  Street. 

WILLIAM  HALL,  Secretary. 

—1782— 

Pennsylvania  Gazette,  November  2/th: 

The  Annual  Meeting  of  The  ST.  ANDREW'S  SOCIETY  will  be  held  on 
Saturday  next,  the  3Oth  instant  at  Six  o'clock  in  the  Evening  at  Mr. 
Byrne's  Tavern  Where  the  Members  are  requested  to  attend. 

WILLIAM  HALL,  Secretary. 

—1783— 
Pennsylvania  Gazette,  November  26th : 

The  Members  of  The  ST.  ANDREW'S  SOCIETY  are  requested  to  attend 
their  Anniversary  Meeting  on  Monday  next  at  the  City  Tavern  at  Six 
o'clock  in  the  Evening.  W.  HALL,  Secretary. 

As  elsewhere  noted,  William  Hall  served  through  the 
entire  period  of  the  war  as  Sergeant  in  the,  now,  First  City 
Troop,  and  his  movements  with  his  command,  in  the  various 
calls  made  on  it,  may  account  for  the  loss  of  a  Minute-book 
during  his  service  as  Secretary.  He  was  succeeded  as 
Secretary  by  William  Semple. 

—1784— 

No  advertisements  of  Meetings  have  been  found  for 
the  year  1784,  but  the  dues  of  members  reported  at  the 
meeting  held  November  30,  1786,  referred  to  below,  cover 
this  period. 

—1785— 
Pennsylvania  Packet,  May  27th: 

The  Members  of  The  ST.  ANDREW'S  SOCIETY  are  desired  to  attend 
their  Quarterly  Meeting  at  the  City  Tavern  on  Tuesday,  the  3ist,  inst. 
at  7  o'clock  in  the  Evening.  WILLIAM  SEMPLE,  Secretary. 

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A  similar  call  for  the  Quarterly  Meeting  of  August  3ist 
and  for  the  Annual  Meeting  November  3Oth,  of  that  year, 
appeared  in  the  same  paper,  signed,  "  WILLIAM  SEMPLE, 
Secretary." 

It  is  thus  clear  that  The  St.  Andrew's  Society  was  sus- 
tained more  or  less  efficiently  during  the  entire  period  of 
the  Revolutionary  War.  When  that  was  ended,  the  people 
were  greatly  impoverished,  but  with  a  sublime  courage  and 
hope  they  set  themselves  resolutely  to  build  up  a  nation, 
and  in  that  great  work  such  men  as  Alexander  Hamilton, 
Honorary  Member,  and  James  Wilson,  President  of  the 
Society,  were  preeminently  leaders. 

—1786— 

As  stated  above,  the  second  Minute-book  in  possession 
of  the  Society  begins  with  the  record  of  a  meeting  at  the 
City  Tavern,  on  November  30,  1786. 

As  this  Minute-book  until  it  was  closed  in  1833  records 
in  nearly  every  instance  the  meeting  places  for  both  Quar- 
terly and  Anniversary  Meetings,  it  is  not  necessary  to  sup- 
ply here  further  details,  but,  for  easier  reference  hereafter, 
the  dates  and  places  of  all  meetings  of  the  Society  that  have 
been  ascertained  from  press  notices  and  the  Minutes  have 
been  now  recorded  in  a  special  book. 

It  was  not  until  1 793  that  formal  provision  was  made  in 
the  Rules  for  furnishing  medical  attendance  and  legal  advice 
to  those  in  need,  though  the  Minutes  show  in  frequent 
references  that  such  had  received  prompt  attention,  when 
Doctors  Andrew  Ross,  William  Currie,  and  William  Mc- 
Ilvaine  were  elected  Physicians  of  the  Society,  and  William 
Moore  Smith,  Esq.,  and  Richard  Lake,  Esq.,  were  elected 
Counsellors. 

No  provision  seems  to  have  been  made  in  the  earlier 
years  for  the  office  of  Chaplain,  nor  even  in  the  Charter 
of  1791,  though  the  application  for  that  charter  was  signed 
by  the  Reverend  William  Marshall  as  Chaplain  and  he  is 
recorded  as  so  serving  1788-1793. 

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In  closing  this  sketch  it  is  only  necessary  to  observe  that 
the  records  prove  that  The  St.  Andrew's  Society  of  Phila- 
delphia, the  first  in  this  country  to  make  Scottish  birth  or 
descent  a  requisite  for  membership,  was  grounded,  as  the 
old-time  preachers  expressed  it  in  the  "  fundamentals," 
and  has  ever  since  kept  to  the  traditions  of  its  past,  making 
only  such  changes  in  its  rules  and  practice  as  changing 
conditions  of  the  times  have  proven  necessary. 

THE  STRONG  Box  OF  THE  SOCIETY 

The  original  Rules  required  the  Treasurer  to  provide  a 
"  Strong  Box  "  "  wherein  should  be  safely  lodged  the  Rules 
and  Orders  of  the  Society,  with  all  Moneys  in  Stock  and  the 
securities  for  the  same  "  .  .  .  "  to  be  produced  at  each 
Anniversary  Assembly  for  the  Inspection  and  Examination 
of  the  members." 

On  May  31,  1750,  the  President  reported  that  he  had 
given  an  order  on  the  Treasurer  for  3  pounds,  3  shillings  and 
9  pence  "  for  the  Strong  Box  for  the  use  of  the  Society, 
and  for  a  coffin  and  shroud  for  Walter  Elliott." 

This  was  certainly  a  peculiar  combination,  but  the 
"  Strong  Box,"  now  164  years  old,  a  relic  of  a  long-past 
age,  is  in  the  Society's  office,  and  in  it  the  old  charters, 
sundry  old  papers,  and  the  copper-plates  herein  referred  to 
have  been  preserved.  The  box  is  27  by  18  inches  and  15 
inches  in  height,  and  is  arranged  to  be  opened  by  two  keys. 
A  figure  of  Saint  Andrew  with  the  cross  is  dimly  shown  on 
the  lid,  which  will  be  repainted  and  a  descriptive  plate  added. 

SEAL  OF  THE  SOCIETY 

The  Rules  also  provided  for  a  "  Large  Seal "  with  a 
Thistle  and  Crown  and  the  motto  of  Scotland :  "  NEMO  ME 
IMPUNE  LACESSIT." 

A  seal  was  donated  to  the  Society  and  duly  acknowledged 
by  letter  of  July  22,  1751,  to  Messrs.  Innes  &  Clarke,  mer- 

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chants  of  London,  and  they  were  voted  honorary  member- 
ship. 

After  the  Revolution  the  "  crown  "  over  the  thistle  was 
considered  objectionable,  and  a  committee  was  appointed 
to  procure  a  new  seal,  the  motto  to  be  left  to  the  President, 
Hon.  James  Wilson,  and  he  chose  "  Uni  Libertas  ibi  Patria," 
but  this  was  disapproved  and  the  old  motto  ordered  substi- 
tuted. 

CERTIFICATES  OF  MEMBERSHIP 

The  Rules  further  provided  that  a  Certificate  of  Mem- 
bership should  be  furnished  "  under  the  Society's  Seal 
signed  by  the  President  or  Vice-President  and  Clerk,"  in 
the  following  form : 

These  are  to  Certify  that of 

•was  by  a  majority  of  Votes  regularly  admitted  a  member  of  The  St. 
Andrew's  Society  of  Philad'a  in  the  Province  of  Pensilvania  at  a 

Meeting  of  the  Society  the day  of 

Anno  Domini 

Given  under  our  hands  and  Seal  of  the  Society  the  Day  and  year 
above  written 


President. 
Secretary 

On  November  7,  1750,  Samuel  Trotter  presented  a  bill 
for  £2  us:  "To  a  Copper  Plate  with  100  Certificates." 
The  receipt  is  signed  by  the  Secretary,  James  Trotter,  under 
date  of  October  16,  1751,  and  the  plate,  with  a  copy  of  the 
certificate  and  the  bill,  have  been  fortunately  preserved 
in  the  "  Strong  Box  "  noted  above. 

On  May  30,  1752,  300  copper-plate  certificates  were 
ordered  struck,  under  the  direction  of  David  Hall.* 

This  certificate,  with  the  thistle  and  crown  shown  in  the 
illustration,  remained  in  use  until  after  the  Revolution,  but 

*  David  Hall,  one  of  the  founders,  was  partner  and  in  full  charge 
of  the  printing  business  of  Benjamin  Franklin,  later  of  the  firm  of 
Hall  &  Sellers.  Biog.,  vol.  i,  page  187. 

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Synopsis  of  Early  Records 

the  copper-plate  in  our  possession  shows  clearly  that  the 
"  crown "  was  erased  and  certificates  thus  defaced  were 
used  in  this  condition  until  November  30,  1790,  when  the 
meeting  resolved : 

That  a  new  plate  be  procured  of  the  Diploma  of  the  Members  of 
the  Society  agreeably  to  the  design  of  Mr.  Alexander  Christie  (member 
1787). 

The  Rev.  Dr.  William  Smith,  John  Shields,  Treasurer, 
Alexander  Christie,  and  Thomas  Dobson  *  were  appointed 
a  committee  for  the  purpose,  but  later  reported  "  they  could 
not  agree  on  the  embellishments,"  and  it  was  nearly  two 
years  later,  August  31,  1792,  that  a  report  from  the  Com- 
mittee was  approved  and  the  new  Diploma,  according  to  the 
design  by  Alexander  Christie,  adopted.  One  hundred 
copies  of  the  certificate  were  then  ordered  to  be  framed 
at  the  cost  of  members. 

This  copper-plate,  now  in  use,  was  engraved  by  Robert 
Scot,  member  1786,  the  first  engraver  of  the  U.  S.  Mint. 
Twenty-three  pounds,  three  shillings,  four  and  one-half 
pence  was  paid  him. 

The  signature,  in  fine  script,  "  R.  Scot,"  is  on  the  lower 
right-hand  corner  of  the  certificate. 

*  Thomas  Dobson  was  also  a  printer.    See  brief  notice  on  page  67. 


CONTINUATION  OF  THE  MINUTES  OF  THE 

SOCIETY 

FOR  PRECEDING  MINUTES  SEE  HISTORICAL  CATALOGUE,  1907 

1907,  November  30.     The  158th  Anniversary  of  the 
Society  was  held  at  the  Aldine  Hotel,  President  Robert  B. 
Beath  in  the  chair.     The  Divine  blessing  was  invoked  by 
the   Chaplain,    Rev.   James   H.    Lamb,    D.D.     The   usual 
toasts  were  announced  and  addresses  were  made  as  follows : 

"Scotland,"  Rev.  David  M.  Steele,  Rector  Protestant 
Episcopal  Church  of  Epiphany  and  St.  Luke,  Philadelphia. 

"  The  Land  We  Live  In,"  Hon.  Charles  Emory  Smith, 
LL.D.,  former  Postmaster-General. 

"  The  Lasses,"  Col.  A.  Loudon  Snowden,  former  Min- 
ister to  Greece. 

The  addresses  were  listened  to  with  great  interest  by 
the  large  audience.  The  eloquent  address  of  the  Hon. 
Charles  Emory  Smith  was  the  last  public  address  made  by 
him,  as  his  death  occurred  within  a  few  weeks  of  that  time. 

1908,  October  31.     The  annual  meeting  for  the  election 
of  officers  was  held  at  the  Flanders  Building,   i5th  and 
Walnut  Streets.    The  following  were  elected : 

S.  WEIR  MITCHELL,  M.D.,  LL.D.  President 

HON.  JOHN  B.  MCPHERSON  Vice-President 

JOHN  GORDON  GRAY  Vice-President 

FREDERICK  S.  GIGER  Secretary 

ALEXANDER  HARDING  Treasurer 

MALCOLM  MACFARLAN,  M.D.  Physician 

WHARTON  SINKLER,  M.D.  Physician 

REV.  JAMES  H.  LAMB,  D.D.  Chaplain 

M.  HAMPTON  TODD,  ESQ.  Counsellor 

PETER  BOYD,  ESQ.  Counsellor 

JOHN  FERGUSSON  Assistant 

WILLIAM  McM.  KERR  Assistant 

JOHN  J.  S.  RODGERS  Assistant 

ALEXANDER  HARDING  Assistant 

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1908,  November  30.     The   I59th  Anniversary  of  the 
Society  was  held  this  date  at  the  Bellevue-Stratford,  Dr. 
S.  Weir  Mitchell,  President,  in  the  chair.    Grace  was  said  by 
the  Chaplain,  Rev.  James  H.  Lamb,  D.D.    Dr.  Mitchell,  in 
announcing  the  set  toasts,  made  an   interesting  address, 
reminiscent  of  past  times  of  the  Society's  meetings  and 
strongly  suggesting  that  more  attention  be  given  to  Scottish 
songs  and  stories. 

The  response  to  "  Our  Mother  Country  and  her  King  " 
was  made  by  the  Hon.  James  Bryce,  British  Ambassador; 
"  Scotland,"  by  Dr.  George  W.  Guthrie,  of  Wilkes-Barre, 
Pa. ;  "  The  Land  we  Live  in,"  by  Hon.  John  S.  Reyburn, 
Mayor  of  Philadelphia;  "Pennsylvania,"  by  Hon.  M. 
Hampton  Todd,  Attorney-General  of  Pennsylvania.  The 
addresses  were  all  thoroughly  interesting. 

1909,  November  i.     The  annual  meeting  for  the  election 
of  officers  was  held  this  date  at  the  Manufacturers'  Club, 
Broad  and  Chestnut  Streets.     The  following  were  elected: 

S.  WEIR  MITCHELL,  M.D.,  LL.D.   President 

JOHN  GORDON  GRAY  Vice-President 

ALEXANDER  C.  FERGUSSON,  JR.  Vice-President 

FREDERICK  S.  GIGER  Secretary 

ALEXANDER  HARDING  Treasurer 

MALCOLM  MACFARLAN,  M.D.  Physician 

WHARTON  SINKLER.,  M.D.  Physician 

REV.  JAMES  H.  LAMB,  D.D.  Chaplain 

M.  HAMPTON  TODD,  ESQ.  Counsellor 

PETER  BOYD,  ESQ.  Counsellor 

JOHN  FERGUSSON  Assistant 

WILLIAM  McM.  KERR  Assistant 

JOHN  J.  S.  RODGERS  Assistant 

ALEXANDER  HARDING  Assistant 

Hon.  John  B.  McPherson,  Vice-President,  had  requested 
that  his  name  should  not  be  presented  for  re-election,  and, 
in  consequence  of  his  declination,  Alexander  C.  Fergusson, 
Jr.,  was  elected  Second  Vice-President.  All  the  other  offi- 
cers were  unanimously  re-elected. 

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It  was  decided  that  an  office  in  a  fire-proof  building 
should  be  secured  for  the  better  preservation  of  the  records 
of  the  Society.  This  office  was  later  located  at  Room  610 
in  the  Brown  Building,  southeast  corner  of  4th  and  Chestnut 
Streets. 

1909,  November  30.     The  i6oth  Anniversary  of  the 
Society  was  held  at  the  Bellevue-Stratford,  Dr.  S.  Weir 
Mitchell,  President,  in  the  chair.     Grace  was  said  by  the 
Chaplain,  Rev.  James  H.  Lamb,  D.D.    After  the  set  toasts, 
"  The  Land  we  Live  in  "  was  responded  to  by  the  Rev. 
James  H.  Darlington,  D.D.,  Bishop  of  Central  Pennsyl- 
vania Protestant  Episcopal  Church ;  "  Hills,  Heather,  and 
Haggis,"  by  Mr.  Charles  Heber  Clark;  "  Scotland,"  by  Peter 
Boyd,  Esq. ;  "  The  Keystone  State,"  by  Alfred  G.  Hethering- 
ton,  Esq. 

1910,  February  28.    At  the  quarterly  meeting  held  this 
date  it  was  decided  to  establish  a  Library  of  Scottish  Litera- 
ture.    A  statement  in  relation  to  this  subject  follows  on 
page  28. 

1910,  May  31.  At  the  quarterly  meeting  held  this  date 
at  the  Penn  Club,  the  committee  appointed  to  procure  a  set 
of  standards  for  the  Society  reported,  through  Mr.  Caleb  J. 
Milne,  Jr.,  chairman,  the  completion  of  their  work,  and 
presented  flags  in  finely  embroidered  silk  of  the  United 
States,  Great  Britain,  the  Standard  of  Scotland,  and  one 
specially  designed  with  the  insignia  of  The  St.  Andrew's 
Society  beautifully  embroidered  thereon.  Later  Mr.  Milne 
presented  a  silk  flag  of  the  Commonwealth  of  Pennsylvania, 
and  the  colors  of  the  City  of  Philadelphia, 

1910,  October  31.  At  the  meeting  held  this  date  at  the 
University  Club,  the  following  officers  were  elected : 

S.  WEIR  MITCHELL,  M.D.,  LL.D.  President 

JOHN  GORDON  GRAY  Vice-President 

ALEXANDER  C.  FERGUSSON,  JR.  Vice-President 

FREDERICK  S.  GIGER  Secretary 

FREDERICK  S.  GIGER  Treasurer 

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MALCOLM  MACFARLAN  .,  M.D.  Physician 

JOHN  K.  MITCHELL,  M.D.  Physician 

REV.  JAMES  H.  LAMB,  D.D.  Chaplain 

HON.  M.  HAMPTON  TODD  Counsellor 

PETER  BOYD,  ESQ.  Counsellor 

JOHN  FERGUSSON  Assistant 

WILLIAM  McM.  KERR  Assistant 

JOHN  J.  S.  RODGERS  Assistant 

FREDERICK  S.  GIGER  Assistant 

Dr.  Wharton  Sinkler,  Physician  of  the  Society,  and 
Alexander  Harding,  Treasurer,  died  during  the  year,  and 
the  vacancies  so  caused  were  filled  by  the  election  of  Dr. 
John  K.  Mitchell  as  Physician  and  Frederick  S.  Giger  as 
Treasurer. 

1910,  November  30.     The  i6ist  Anniversary  was  held 
this  date  at  the  Bellevue-Stratford,  President  Dr.  S.  Weir 
Mitchell  in  the  chair. 

After  the  usual  preliminary  toasts,  Dr.  Mitchell,  refer- 
ring in  his  usual  felicitous  and  interesting  manner  to  the 
long  life  and  work  of  The  St.  Andrew's  Society,  intro- 
duced the  speakers  for  the  evening: 

Talcott  Williams,  LL.D.,  on  "  The  Land  we  Live  in." 

Francis  Harvey  Green,  A.M.,  Litt.D.,  on  "  Scottish 
Literature." 

Rev.  Robert  Johnston,  Rector  Church  of  The  Saviour, 
West  Philadelphia,  on  "  Scotland." 

The  meeting  was  interspersed  with  marches  by  the  piper 
and  by  a  number  of  Scottish  songs. 

1911,  October  31.     At  the  meeting  held  this  date  at 
the  University  Club  the  following  officers  were  elected : 

JOHN  GORDON  GRAY  President 

ALEXANDER  C.  FERGUSSON,  JR.  Vice-President 

CALEB  J.  MILNE,  JR.  Vice-President 

CHARLES  E.  RONALDSON  Secretary* 

*  On  February  20,  1912,  the  honored  Secretary  of  the  Society, 
Charles  Edward  Ronaldson,  passed  away.  Mr.  Giger  then  served 
as  Secretary  pro  tem.  until  another  should  be  chosen.  On  February  29, 
1912,  Mr.  Benjamin  R.  Hoffman  was  elected  Secretary. 

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FREDERICK  S.  GIGER  Treasurer 

MALCOLM  MACFARLAN,  M.D.  Physician 

JOHN  K.  MITCHELL,  M.D.  Physician 

REV.  JAMES  H.  LAMB,  D.D.  Chaplain 

HON.  M.  HAMPTON  TODD  Counsellor 

PETER  BOYD,  ESQ.  Counsellor 

JOHN  FERGUSSON  Assistant 

WILLIAM  McM.  KERR  Assistant 

JOHN  J.  S.  RODGERS  Assistant 

FREDERICK  S.  GIGER  Assistant 

HENRY  DARRACH  Assistant 

At  this  meeting  the  President,  on  behalf  of  the  Society, 
presented  to  Colonel  Robert  B.  Beath  a  gold  badge  of  the 
Society  for  his  work  on  the  "  Historical  Catalogue." 

1911,  November  29.  The  i62nd  Anniversary  of  The  St. 
Andrew's  Society  was  held  this  date  at  the  Bellevue-Strat- 
f  ord.  One  hundred  and  twenty  members  and  guests  present. 

The  fine  standards  of  the  Society,  with  the  sword  of 
General  Hugh  Mercer,  were  carried  into  the  dining-room  by 
the  guard  of  honor. 

Dr.  S.  Weir  Mitchell  presided  at  the  opening  and  after 
an  interesting  talk  on  Robert  Burns,  introduced  as  the 
President  elect  Mr.  John  Gordon  Gray,  who  ably  presented 
the  claims  of  Scotland  to  consideration  for  its  many  men 
distinguished  in  Religion,  in  the  Sciences,  in  the  Arts,  in 
Manufacturing,  in  Finance,  in  Prose  and  Poetry. 

Rev.  Dr.  Alexander  MacColl,  Pastor  of  2nd  Presby- 
terian Church,  discoursed  eloquently  on  the  history  of 
Scotland. 

Mr.  Willis  L.  Moore,  Chief  U.  S.  Weather  Bureau, 
spoke  interestingly,  and  from  a  different  stand-point  from 
others  on  the  conservation  of  the  forests;  he  believing 
they  had  no  influence  on  the  rain- fall  and  that  the  acres 
now  wooded  were  needed  to  produce  food  for  the  people. 

Hon.  Dimner  Beeber  spoke  upon  "  Philadelphia  "  and  in 
his  address  eulogized  a  former  President  of  The  St. 
Andrew's  Society,  Hon.  James  Wilson,  as  one  largely  in- 
strumental in  shaping  the  destinies  of  our  country. 

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1912,  October  31.  At  the  annual  meeting  held  this  date 
at  the  University  Club,  the  following  officers  were  unani- 
mously re-elected  to  serve  for  the  year  ending  November  30, 
1913: 

JOHN  GORDON  GRAY  President 
ALEXANDER  C.  FERGUSSON,  JR.     Vice-President 

CALEB  J.  MILNE,  JR.  Vice-President 

BENJAMIN  R.  HOFFMAN  Secretary 

FREDERICK  S.  GIGER  Treasurer 

MALCOLM  MACFARLAN,  M.D.  Physician 

JOHN  K.  MITCHELL,  M.D.  Physician 

REV.  JAMES  H.  LAMB,  D.D.  Chaplain 

HON.  M.  HAMPTON  TODD  Counsellor 

LATIMER  P.  SMITH,  ESQ.  Counsellor 

JOHN  FERGUSSON  Assistant 

WILLIAM  McM.  KJERR  Assistant 

JOHN  J.  S.  RODGERS  Assistant 

FREDERICK  S.  GIGER  Assistant 

HENRY  DARRACH  Assistant 

Peter  Boyd,  Esq.,  Counsellor,  died  December  9,  1911, 
and  Latimer  P.  Smith,  Esq.,  was  elected  to  fill  the  vacancy. 

1912,  November  30.  The  i63rd  Anniversary  of  The  St. 
Andrew's  Society  was  held  this  date  at  the  Bellevue-Strat- 
ford,  President  John  Gordon  Gray  in  the  chair.  Mr.  Gray 
in  his  preliminary  remarks  referred  to  the  long  and  interest- 
ing record  of  the  Society,  its  work,  and  objects.  The 
speakers  for  the  occasion  and  the  sentiments  responded  to 
were : 

"  Our  Country  and  its  Military  Policy,"  Major-General 
Leonard  Wood,  Chief  of  Staff  U.  S.  Army. 

"  Scotland,"  Rev.  William  Muir  Auld,  Pastor  Calvary 
Presbyterian  Church. 

"  Scotland's  Great  Romancer,"  Prof.  Francis  Harvey 
Green,  A.M.,  Litt.D. 

"  The  Religious  Influence  of  Scotland,"  Rev.  Charles 
Wadsworth,  Jr. 

"  Our  State  and  City,"  Hon.  William  M.  Bunn. 

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The  addresses  were  all  in  excellent  taste,  thoroughly  in- 
teresting, and  were  listened  to  intently  by  the  large  audience. 

Scottish  songs  and  the  bagpipes  by  the  piper,  interspersed 
during  the  evening,  added  interest  to  the  occasion. 

THE  LIBRARY 

At  the  stated  meeting  of  The  St.  Andrew's  Society  held 
February  28,  1910,  the  Secretary  stated  that  the  President, 
Dr.  S.  Weir  Mitchell,  had  suggested  that  a  collection  be 
made  by  gift  and  purchase  of  Scotch  books,  especially  those 
relating  to  local  history,  manners  and  customs  of  Scotland, 
county  histories  and  kindred  works  that  either  are  difficult 
of  access  or  are  not  to  be  found  in  the  United  States. 
Thereupon  David  Milne  offered  the  following  Resolution, 
which  was  unanimously  adopted : 

Resolved,  That  the  President  appoint  a  Committee  of 
five  to  be  known  as  "  The  Library  Committee "  whose 
duties  shall  be  to  form  a  Library,  increase  it  from  time  to 
time,  provide  for  its  care  and  make  regulations  for  the  use 
of  the  books  therein. 

The  President  appointed  as  the  Committee: 

DAVID  MILNE,  Chairman 
PETER  BOYD,  ESQ. 
CHARLES  E.  RONALDSON 
ROBERT  TAITE  MCKENZIE,  M.D. 
FREDERICK  S.  GIGER 

Later  the  names  of  Col.  Robert  B.  Beath,  Historiog- 
rapher, and  Prof.  John  J.  Stewart,  Librarian  of  Lehigh 
University,  were  added. 

On  May  i8th  the  Committee  issued  a  circular,  which 
after  reciting  the  Resolution  under  which  it  was  formed, 
said: 

"  In  pursuance  of  this  Resolution  we  appeal  to  the 
members  for  contributions  of  either  money  or  books  to 
carry  forward  the  project  to  success.  As  it  is  desired  that 
this  shall  be  a  distinctively  Scotch  Library,  we  solicit  works 

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on  Scotch  history,  biographies  of  eminent  Scotchmen,  maps, 
volumes  of  prose,  poetry,  or  fiction ;  also  Scotch  music  and 
songs. 

"  We  believe  that  ours  is  the  first  Society  to  undertake 
this  work  in  America,  and  trust  that  our  members  will 
realize  its  importance  and  will  cordially  co-operate.  Each 
book  will  bear  the  name  of  the  donor  with  the  date  of 
presentation." 

Among  the  first  to  respond  to  this  appeal  was  Andrew 
Carnegie,  who  made  a  gift  of  ten  pounds.  This  and  other 
contributions  of  money  impelled  the  Committee  to  have 
passed  a  motion  to  create  a  fund  to  be  called  "  The  Library 
Fund,"  "  the  principal  and  interest  of  which  shall  be  kept 
apart  from  the  general  funds  of  the  Society,  all  money 
from  whatsoever  source  received,  intended  for  the  Library 
shall  be  deposited  in  said  Fund,  payments  from  which  shall 
be  made  by  the  Treasurer  upon  requisition  of  the  Library 
Committee." 

In  1911  an  engraved  bookplate  was  adopted,  designed 
by  J.  E.  Caldwell  &  Co.  The  design  is  a  reproduction  of  the 
insignia  of  the  Society  with  the  date  of  foundation,  1749, 
in  an  oval  encircled  by  the  inscription,  "  Library  of  The 
St.  Andrew's  Society  of  Philadelphia." 

The  number  of  volumes  now  exceeds  three  hundred. 
Many  of  them  are  books  of  reference  valuable  to  the  his- 
torian, antiquarian,  genealogist,  and  to  the  student  of 
Scottish  literature.  Early  editions  abound  and  in  acquir- 
ing by  purchase  books  have  been  selected  only  that  have  a 
recognized  permanent  worth.  The  collection  is  indexed 
and  catalogued  and  is  arranged  in  multiple  cases  at  the  room 
of  the  Society  in  the  Brown  Building.  Many  of  the  im- 
portant acquisitions  have  been  due  to  the  generosity  of 
members  who  presented  the  books  from  their  private 
libraries;  others  made  liberal  gifts  of  money.  Through  the 
influence  of  Charles  E.  Ronaldson  the  Franklin  Institute 
presented  thirty-five  rare  books.  The  Library  has  become 
one  of  the  most  important  of  the  possessions  of  the  Society. 

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INVESTMENTS  OF  THE  ST.  ANDREW'S  SOCIETY 
September  30,  1913 

GENERAL  FUND 

Par  Value 
Phila.,  Wilmington  &  Balto.  R.  R.  Co.  4%  S.  T.  Certfs.,  due 

1921  $5,ooo  oo 

Penna.  R.  R.  Company,  Reg.  4l/2%  Bond,  due  1921  3,ooo  oo 

Phila.  &  Darby  R.  R.  Co.  Coupon  4%  First  Mortgage  Bond, 

due  1927 500  oo 

Choctaw,  Oklahoma  &  Gulf  R.  R.  Co.  General  Mortgage  5% 

Coupon  Bond,  due  1919  2,000  oo 

Perkiomen  R.  R.  Co.  First  Series  Mortgage  5%  Bond,  due 

1918  1,00000 

St.  Louis,  Iron  Mtn.  &  Southern  Ry.  Co.  Equipment  5%  Gold 

Bond,  Series  I,  due  1917  2,000  oo 

Reading  Company  and  the  Phila.  &  Reading  Coal  &  Iron  Co. 

Gen.  Mortg.  4%  Coupon  Bond,  due  1997  1,000  oo 

Real  Estate  Title  Ins.  and  Trust  Co.  Mortgage  Trust  4% 

Certificates,  Series  N,  Registered  500  oo 

New  York,  Philadelphia  &  Norfolk  R.  R.  Co.  4%  First  Mort- 
gage Coupon  Bonds,  due  1939  1,500  oo 

Sixty  Shares  Penna.  R.  R.  Co.  Stock  3,ooo  oo 

Seven  Shares  Phila.  Nat.  Bank  Stock  700  oo 

Ten  Shares  Lehigh  Coal  &  Nav.  Co.  Stock 500  oo 

Mortgage  J.  A.  Cavanagh,  premises  1513  North  St.,  5%,  due 

Dec.  29,  1905  1,500  oo 

Deposit  in  Philadelphia  Savings  Fund  771  54 


$22,971  54 
SUPPER  FUND 

Par  Value 
Real   Estate   Title   Ins.   &   Trust   Co.   Mortgage   Trust   4% 

Certfs.,  Series  P  and  N $2,500  oo 

Perkiomen  R.  R.  Co.  1st  Series  s%  Mtg.  Bond,  due  1918 100  oo 

Reading  Company  and  the  Phila  &  Reading  Coal  &  Iron  Co. 

Gen.  Mortg.  4%  Coupon  Bond,  due  1997  3,ooo  oo 

Phila.,  Wilmington  &  Balto.  R.  R.  Co.  4%  S.  T.  Certfs.,  due 

1921  1,00000 

Mortgage  Chas.  O'Neil,  Jr.,  premises  924  N.  nth  St 2,500  oo 

New  York,  Phila.  &  Norfolk  R.  R.  Co.  4%  1st  Mortgage 

Bonds,  due  1939 2,500  oo 

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Par  Value 
Chicago  &  N.  W.  R.  R.  Co.  Equipment  Trust  4%%  Bonds  due 

July  i,  1942   2,000  oo 

City  of  Philadelphia  4%  Loan,  registered,  due  1939  500  oo 

Deposit   in   Western    Saving    Fund    706  95 


14,806  95 
LEGACIES 

1829  William   McKenzie    $1,000  General  Fund 

1874  Charles  Macalester   1,000  Supper  Fund 

1879  John  L.  Neill 500  General  Fund 

1910  Craig  D.  Ritchie 2,000  ( Payable  Later) 

MEMBERSHIP 

Honorary  Members  3 

Active  Members  192 

Active    Life    Members    40 

Minor  Life  Members 7 

242 

Admitted  during  Year  191 1-1912   1 1 

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NOTES  OF  SPECIAL  SERMONS 

Preached  by  the  Chaplain  of  THE  ST.  ANDREW'S  SOCIETY 

REV.  JAMES  H.  LAMB,  D.D. 

Rector,  Old  St.  David's  P.  E.  Church 
Radnor,  Penna. 

IN  ST.  STEPHEN'S  CHURCH,  PHILADELPHIA,  PA.,  ON 
THE  AFTERNOON  OF  APRIL  14,  1907. 

THE  Chaplain  preached  for  the  members  of  our  Society, 
taking  for  his  text  St.  Luke,  xix,  13,  "  And  he  called  ten 
servants  of  his,  and  gave  them  ten  pounds,  and  said  unto 
them,  Trade  ye  herewith  till  I  come." 

There  is  a  peculiar  interest  in  the  parable  from  which 
the  text  is  taken,  because  it  can  be  directly  connected  with 
the  historical  event  of  Archelaus  travelling  to  Rome  to 
obtain  from  the  Emperor  the  confirmation  of  the  heritage 
of  his  kingdom.  The  command  to  trade  with  what  God 
has  given  us  is  applicable  (as  all  Christ's  words  are)  to  all 
time.  One  cannot  disregard  the  command  because  he  may 
not  have  received  as  much  as  another,  and  whoever  does  so 
brings  upon  himself  the  condemnation  of  the  slothful 
servant. 

God  has  given  to  each  one  of  us  at  least  two  gifts,  that 
of  will  and  influence.  Through  the  supreme  gift  of  will, 
aided  by  the  Holy  Spirit,  we  can  mould  and  shape  the  in- 
herent qualities  of  our  nature :  curb  the  unruly  passions  and 
govern  all  immoderate  desires,  and  so  build  up  strong  Christ- 
like  characteristics. 

And  by  our  uprightness  of  life  we  may  obtain  such  in- 
fluence over  others  as  to  make  them  brave  in  doing  right  and 
at  the  same  time  thoughtful  and  kind-hearted,  and  so  make 
all  with  whom  we  come  in  contact  happier  and  better. 

The  Scotchman's  early  training  teaches  him  considera- 

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tion  for  others.  It  is  a  rare  thing  to  find  among  our  people 
conscienceless  men,  caring  nothing  for  their  fellow-beings 
and  only  looking  for  the  gratification  of  self.  Hold  fast 
then  to  that  which  was  taught  you  in  your  infancy.  Use 
your  will  and  influence  so  as  to  bless  others.  Bring  the  love 
of  God  and  the  love  of  man  to  your  daily  work  wherever 
that  may  be,  and  thus,  through  the  proper  use  of  the  pounds 
which  God  has  bestowed  upon  you,  you  will  not  only  increase 
their  value,  but  make  the  world  around  you  the  better  because 
of  your  positive  work  for  God. 

IN  ST.  ANDREW'S  CHURCH,  WEST  PHILADELPHIA,  ON 
NOVEMBER  28,  1909 : 

"  One  of  His  disciples,  Andrew,  Simon  Peter's  brother, 
saith  unto  Him,  There  is  a  lad  here  who  hath  five  barley 
loaves  and  two  small  fishes :  but  what  are  they  among  so 
many?  " — St.  John,  vi,  8. 

The  frank,  artless  way  in  which  St.  Andrew  made  an 
answer  to  Jesus'  question  about  the  disciples'  store  of  food 
shows  at  least  a  half  expectancy  in  his  Master's  ability  to 
increase  the  supply.  This  leads  us  to  inquire  somewhat 
more  particularly  about  this  apostle. 

Our  first  source  of  information  is  the  Scriptures,  and  we 
learn  there  that  he  was  a  disciple  of  John  the  Baptist,  and 
that  under  his  influence  and  teaching  he  was  led  to  look  for 
the  Coming  One.  One  day,  as  John  saw  Jesus  approaching, 
he  pointed  Him  out  as  the  Lamb  of  God  who  was  to  take 
away  the  sins  of  the  world.  Memorable  as  this  testimony 
was,  it  seems  to  have  produced  no  immediate  result  On 
the  second  day,  however,  as  Jesus  passed  by,  John  exclaimed 
again,  "  Behold  the  Lamb  of  God."  These  words  were  too 
remarkable  to  be  again  neglected.  An  irresistible  impulse 
bade  Andrew  and  another  disciple  (doubtless  St.  John)  to 
follow  Jesus.  As  they  came  near,  Jesus  turned  and  asked 
them,  "What  seek  ye?"  They  did  not  answer  Him  at 
once.  But  at  length  they  said,  "  Rabbi,  where  art  thou  stay- 

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ing?"  Jesus  bade  them  come  and  see.  They  went  with 
Jesus  and  stayed  there  that  day.  Before  they  left  they  felt 
in  their  hearts  that  the  Kingdom  of  Heaven  had  come,  that 
the  hopes  of  long  centuries  were  fulfilled,  and  that  they 
were  in  the  presence  of  Him  who  was  the  desire  of  all 
nations. 

The  first  thought  of  Andrew  was  to  seek  his  brother, 
Simon,  and  rejoicingly  tell  of  his  great  discovery  and  to 
bring  him  to  Jesus. 

Andrew  was  the  first  of  all  the  disciples  to  accept  Jesus, 
and  he  seems  to  have  been  the  link  of  communication  between 
Jesus  and  the  other  disciples;  beyond  this  nearness  little 
that  is  distinctive  is  told  us  about  him. 

St.  Andrew  is  the  patron  saint  of  Scotland  and  is  greatly 
reverenced  there,  although  it  is  not  very  clear  how  he  came 
to  be  chosen  as  such,  but  I  love  to  think  that  he  was  so 
chosen  because  of  his  love  to  Jesus  and  because  of  his 
desire  when  in  difficulty  to  go  and  tell  Jesus.  I  love  to  think 
that  St.  Andrew  was  chosen  for  the  patron  saint  of  Scotland 
because  of  his  love  for  his  brother  and  his  seeking  him  first 
of  all  to  tell  him  of  the  glad  news  that  the  Redeemer  had 
come.  I  love  to  think  that  St.  Andrew  was  chosen  the 
patron  saint  of  Scotland  because  of  the  unaffected  simplicity 
of  his  manner  in  calling  Jesus'  attention  to  the  lad  who  had 
the  five  barley  loaves  and  the  two  small  fishes.  These  and 
his  reliance  upon  Jesus  are  characteristics  of  the  Scottish 
people.  It  may  be  that  by  following  their  patron  saint  these 
characteristics  were  developed.  At  any  rate,  they  appealed 
to  the  Scottish  and  are  now  characteristic  of  them.  Many 
illustrations  might  be  given  of  their  calling  upon  God  when 
no  way  seemed  to  be  open  for  an  escape  from  an  enemy  dur- 
ing the  times  of  persecution,  and  their  strong  faith  seemed 
to  be  always  rewarded. 

It  is  characteristic  of  Scottish  people  to  be  solicitous 
for  a  brother's  welfare  and,  when  one  has  found  a  blessing, 
to  share  it  with  those  who  are  near  and  dear  to  him. 

St.  Andrew  is  not  worshipped  in  Scotland,  but  he  is  held 

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up  as  a  man  who  did  what  he  could  with  what  he  had.  In 
endeavoring  to  imitate  St.  Andrew,  many  a  Scottish  boy, 
by  his  simple  testimony  and  honest  life,  has  become  a  con- 
spicuous power  for  blessing  others, — as,  for  instance,  David 
Livingstone,  Thomas  Carlyle,  Robert  Stevenson,  and  many 
others  who  were  notable  exemplifications  of  faithfulness  and 
trustworthiness  in  the  positions  they  occupied, — above  and 
beyond  that,  faithful  and  true  to  Jesus  Christ.  St.  Andrew 
taught  the  Galilean  boy  to  bring  what  he  had  to  Christ,  who 
multiplied  the  gift  many  times  beyond  the  original  amount. 
St.  Andrew  brought  his  brother  to  Christ,  and  we  may  learn 
from  him  how  to  bring  men  to  Christ;  to  show  them  His 
power  to  save,  and  how  the  greatest  joy  of  His  life  is  to 
bring  close  to  human  nature  the  helping  hand  of  God. 

May  we,  through  the  help  of  the  Holy  Spirit,  give  earnest 
service  to  the  uplifting  and  saving  of  souls  by  bringing  them 
to  Christ,  who  is  never  far  from  any  one  of  us.  As  the 
loaves  and  fishes  were  increased  by  Christ's  blessing,  so  shall 
our  efforts  be  blessed  to  the  bringing  in  more  fully  the 
Kingdom  of  God  and  the  reign  of  Christ  here  upon  earth. 

Try  it,  and  learn  how  God  will  bless  your  efforts  for 
Jesus'  sake. 

SPECIAL  SERMON  PREACHED  BEFORE  THE  ST.  ANDREW'S 

SOCIETY  OF  PHILADELPHIA  IN  OLD  ST.  DAVID'S 

CHURCH,  RADNOR,  ON  THE  AFTERNOON 

OF  APRIL  25,  1909 

"  For  this  is  our  God  forever  and  ever,  and  He  is  our 
guide  even  unto  death. — Psalm  xlviii,  14. 

The  words  of  the  text  show  the  height  and  perfectness 
of  the  confidence  which  the  manifold  mercies  of  God  should 
produce  in  human  hearts.  A  literal  translation  of  the  text 
would  make  this  confidence  in  God  much  stronger  than  it 
now  appears  in  our  ordinary  Bibles :  it  would  read,  "  For  this 
is  our  God  forever  and  ever :  He  is  our  guide  over  and  beyond 
death," — i.e.,  till  death  to  us  is  over;  till  we  have  been  led 

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over  death  to  Resurrection — fulness  of  bliss  in  God's  King- 
dom beyond. 

These  words  have  been  chosen  for  our  consideration  this 
afternoon  because  I  believe  them  to  be  applicable  to  us  who 
have  Scottish  blood  in  our  veins,  and  with  that  great  rever- 
ence, trust,  and  confidence  in  Almighty  God. 

It  is  usual  in  Scottish  homes  faithfully  to  instruct  the 
children  in  God's  Word  and  teach  them  how  such  a  portion 
was  written,  and  how  it  was  not  only  applicable  to  the 
generation  then  alive,  but  helpful  to  all  who  should  live  after 
them.  Scottish  children  are  taught  to  think  more  of  a 
knowledge  of  God's  Word  and  other  branches  of  learning 
than  of  worldly  name  or  fame :  of  truth  and  honesty  between 
man  and  man:  of  fidelity  to  trust,  personal  integrity,  and 
honor  and  pride  of  race. 

This  last  may  seem  a  strange  thing  to  mention,  but 
pride  of  race  is  natural  in  a  Scotchman,  and  when  rightly 
used  is  a  very  great  help  to  every  one.  Pride  of  race,  you 
will  remember,  was  David  Livingstone's  inheritance.  His 
poor  old  ancestor,  when  dying,  called  his  children  around 
him  and  said  to  them,  "  I  have  searched  diligently  through 
all  the  traditions  of  our  family  and  I  cannot  find  one  dis- 
honest man  or  woman  among  them.  If  therefore  any  of 
you  should  take  to  dishonest  ways  as  you  go  out  into  the 
world,  it  will  not  be  because  it  runs  in  your  blood.  There- 
fore, I  leave  you  this  precept,  *  Be  honest  in  all  you  under- 
take to  do  or  say.' ' 

This  is  our  inheritance,  my  friends :  we  are  of  honorable 
descent  and  can  by  our  trust  in  God  so  remain.  Honesty 
has  been  thoroughly  incorporated  into  our  blood.  Yes,  not 
only  honesty  to  man,  but  to  God  as  well ;  for  we  have  been 
taught  not  to  deprive  Him  of  any  portion  of  that  which  He 
claims  as  a  right,  of  service  or  of  means. 

Our  fathers  trusted  in  God  and  they  were  strengthened 
and  supported.  We  struggle  to  retain  many  things  con- 
nected with  our  forebears,  shall  we  not  struggle  harder 
to  keep  what  was  to  them  the  dearest  possession  of  all — 

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their  religion?  Their  belief  in  God's  guidance  restrained 
them  in  their  youth;  made  them  strong  in  their  manhood; 
comforted  them  in  their  old  age ;  closed  in  peace  and  radiant 
hope  their  dying  eyes.  We  believe  in  the  God  of  our  fathers. 
We  believe  in  the  religion  of  our  fathers.  We  may  take 
the  liberty  of  expressing  our  belief  in  forms  suited  to  the 
spirit  and  habits  of  thought  of  the  age  in  which  we  live. 
We  derive  our  knowledge  and  inspiration  from  a  study  of 
God's  Word.  This  enables  us  to  see  with  clearness  where 
the  right  lies  and  trust  implicitly  in  God  even  when  times 
are  dark  and  drear.  This  trust  in  God  enables  one  to  rise 
above  all  earthly  troubles,  for  we  know  there  is  something 
to  live  for  far  beyond  the  mere  material  things  of  life,  God 
being  our  God  all  through  life  and  even  beyond  death. 

After  the  service,  the  visitors  were  conducted  by  Doctor 
Lamb  and  members  of  the  congregation  through  the  burial- 
ground  of  the  church  where  so  many  prominent  persons 
are  interred,  among  them  General  Anthony  Wayne,  whose 
remains  were  removed  from  the  block-house-  at  Erie,  Pa., 
where  he  died,  to  this  place,  and  where  other  members  of 
his  family  are  buried. 

NOTES  OF  SERMON  PREACHED  IN  OLD  ST.  DAVID'S  CHURCH, 
RADNOR,  ON  SUNDAY  AFTERNOON,  JUNE  16,  1912 

"  The  fear  of  the  Lord  is  the  beginning  of  wisdom:  a 
good  understanding  have  all  they  who  do  His  command- 
ments."— Psalm  cxi,  10. 

The  term  "  fear  "  is  used  when  one  is  apprehensive  or 
afraid  of  some  evil;  but  in  modern  phraseology  what  has 
been  translated  "  fear "  might  more  properly  have  been 
rendered  "  reverence."  Thus,  the  text  would  read  that  "  To 
reverence  the  Lord  is  the  beginning  of  wisdom." 

It  is  a  fact  that  as  the  true  nature  of  God  is  less  and 
less  clearly  understood  this  reverence  for  the  Lord  fre- 

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quently  degenerates  into  a  paralyzing  sense  of  terror,  but 
this  we  are  taught  is  something  we  must  overcome,  as,  for 
instance,  when  Ezekiel  saw  the  appearance  of  the  likeness 
of  the  glory  of  the  Lord,  he  fell  upon  his  face,  but  immedi- 
ately he  was  bidden  to  stand  upon  his  feet  and  the  Lord 
would  speak  to  him. 

St.  John  tells  us  that  there  is  no  fear  in  love,  but  perfect 
love  casteth  out  fear.  He  also  tells  us  that  he  who  loveth 
not  knoweth  not  God :  for  God  is  love.  He  is  its  author 
and  those  who  exercise  it  are  spiritually  born  of  Him  and 
have  true  fellowship  with  Him. 

Reverence  for  the  Lord,  then,  is  shown  by  one's  desire 
to  separate  himself  from  everything  that  would  pain  or  dis- 
please Him;  from  everything  that  would  darken  the  spirit- 
ual vision  or  hide  God  from  us. 

Reverence  for  God  is  also  shown  by  a  desire  to  learn 
all  we  can  about  God:  by  taking  special  time  to  study  His 
word,  and  pressing  on  at  least  just  as  earnestly  as  one  would 
in  the  acquisition  of  any  special  branch  of  human  knowledge. 

No  one  is  justified  in  feeling  that  God  cannot  be  known, 
for  all  along  the  ages  He  has  revealed  Himself  to  man. 

At  sundry  times  and  in  divers  manners  He  revealed  Him- 
self in  times  past  unto  the  fathers  by  the  prophets,  and  at 
length  He  made  Himself  known  more  fully  to  us  through 
His  Blessed  Son,  Jesus  Christ ;  by  whom  He  made  the  worlds 
and  through  whom  He  will  save  and  redeem  every  soul  who 
in  perfect  faith  and  trust  turns  to  Him. 

When  one  looks  reverently  up  to  God  and  cries,  as  the 
Psalmist  did,  "  My  soul  is  athirst  for  God,  yea,  even  the 
living  God,"  God  will  make  Himself  known  to  that  soul, 
and  he  will  be  able  to  say  with  the  Psalmist,  "  Put  thy  trust 
in  God ;  you  will  yet  thank  Him  who  is  the  help  of  your  coun- 
tenance and  your  God."  Yes !  when  one  resolves  to  do  God's 
will  he  shall  learn  that  the  doctrine  about  Him  is  true.  These 
are  the  words  of  Jesus  Christ,  God's  only  begotten  Son  who 
came  to  reveal  God  to  us. 

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No  one  ever  yet  earnestly  called  upon  God  and  strove 
to  do  His  will,  who  long  remained  in  ignorance  of  Him. 

Indeed  it  is  now  scientifically  known  that  no  first-rate 
evidence  can  be  furnished  of  any  tribe  of  savages  who  have 
not  some  idea  of  God.  Through  all  recorded  history  we 
find  that  man  has  believed  in  God,  and  that  this  strong  belief 
has  come  down  to  us  through  the  ages.  He  therefore  who 
lightly  says  that  God 'cannot  be  known  has  to  explain  the 
instinct  and  the  tradition  of  the  race.  That  is  the  feeling 
after  God  and  the  desire  to  pour  out  our  hearts  to  Him  as 
Father.  And  how  all  along  father  has  handed  down  to  son 
the  belief  in  a  God  who  cared  for  men,  and  how  age  after 
age  men  in  their  trials  have  turned  to  God  and  asked  for 
His  help,  and  how  He  has  heard  their  cry  and  answered  it, 
and  they  have  gone  down  to  their  graves  believing  that  He 
was  indeed  a  real  God  and  mighty  Father. 

This,  the  experience  of  life  in  every  generation,  has 
strengthened  the  experience  of  the  ages. 

When  one,  therefore,  says,  "  God  cannot  be  known,"  he 
has  to  explain  that  tremendous  human  instinct  and  traditions 
which  he  is  ignoring. 

Be  sure,  then,  that  God  has  not  left  us  desolate.  He  has 
given  us  this  instinct  of  the  race  and  this  traditional  teaching 
of  the  race,  but,  better  still,  He  has  given  us  a  clear  Reve- 
lation of  Himself  through  Jesus  Christ,  His  Son. 

Every  true  seeker  after  God  who,  like  Abraham,  is  will- 
ing to  sacrifice  his  surroundings  and  to  take  trouble  and 
pains  to  know  God  shall  assuredly  find  Him.  In  every 
stage  of  life  there  is  an  opportunity  to  learn  more  of  God 
and  of  our  duty  to  Him.  Every  one  who  is  striving  earnestly 
to  have  actual  communication  with  God  through  Christ  Jesus, 
shall  not  only  find  this  possible,  but  shall  procure  life  and 
strength  from  Him. 

The  power  of  the  Holy  Spirit  is  as  great  to-day  as  when 
first  it  came  down  upon  the  disciples  on  the  day  of  Pentecost. 
Through  that  power  we  can  know  God  and  have  fellowship 

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with  Him  and  become  daily  more  and  more  like  Christ  and 
thus  willingly  serve  God  by  serving  others.  God  is  con- 
tinually speaking  to  each  one  of  us.  He  is  always  seeking  to 
guide  us  in  the  paths  of  duty  and  to  draw  us  nearer  to 
Himself.  Let  us  listen  to  His  voice,  and  through  meditation 
of  His  word  be  growing  in  knowledge  and  good  understand- 
ing and  be  strengthened  for  every  good  work.  Then  shall 
we  know  that  "Reverence  for  the  Lord  is  the  beginning  of 
wisdom,  and  that  a  good  understanding  have  all  they  who 
do  His  commandments." 


ROBERT  AITKEN 

Member  1774 
Printer  and  publisher  of  the  first  edition  of  the  Holy  Bible  in  the  English  language  in 

America 
Died  July  13,  1802 


Biographies  of  Deceased  Members 

of 

The  St.  Andrew's  Society 
of  Philadelphia 

In  Alphabetical  Order 

ROBERT  AITKEN,  member  1 774.  A  biographical  sketch 
of  Mr.  Aitken  will  be  found  on  page  101,  "  Historical  Cata- 
logue of  The  St.  Andrew's  Society"  (1907),  with  brief 
reference  to  the  fact  that  he  was  the  publisher  of  the  first 
copy  of  the  Holy  Bible  in  the  English  language  in  this 
country. 

The  following  additional  facts  will  be  of  interest.  In 
December,  1782,  Mr.  Aitken  advertised,  in  the  Pennsylvania 
Journal  &  Weekly  Advertiser  and  in  other  papers,  as 
follows : 

ROBERT  AITKEN 

Printer,  Book-seller,  Binder  and  Stationer,  at  Pope's  Head  on 
Market  Street  near  the  Coffee  House  has  just  finished  and  has  now 
ready  for  sale  a  new  and  very  correct  edition  of 

THE  HOLY  BIBLE 

The  serious  Christian  will  be  pleased  to  find  that  the  scarcity  of 
Bibles  of  which  he  has  so  long  had  reason  to  complain  is  now  removed, 
and  the  patriot  will  rejoice  at  the  advance  in  the  arts,  which  has  at 
length  produced  the  First  Edition  in  the  English  Language  ever  printed 
in  America. 

Preceding  this,  is  the  report  of  the  committee  of  Con- 
gress to  whom  the  memorial  of  Mr.  Aitken  relative  to  his 
work  had  been  referred ;  in  brief :  That  Mr.  Aitken  has  at 
great  expense  now  finished  an  American  edition  of  the  Holy 
Scriptures  in  English,  that  the  committee,  after  examination, 
had  referred  it  to  the  two  chaplains  of  Congress,  the  Rev. 


Biographies  of  Deceased  Members 

William  White,  D.D.  (later  the  first  Bishop  of  the  Protestant 
Episcopal  Church  in  Pennsylvania),  and  the  Rev.  George 
Duflfield,  D.D.  (pastor  of  the  Pine  Street  Presbyterian 
Church).  The  letter  of  the  Hon.  James  Duane,  chairman 
of  the  committee  of  Congress,  in  referring  the  memorial  to 
the  clergymen  named,  said  that  "  Mr.  Aitken  had  undertaken 
the  expensive  work  at  a  time  when,  from  the  circumstances 
of  the  war,  an  English  edition  of  the  Bible  could  not  be 
imported,  nor  any  opinion  formed  of  how  long  the  obstruc- 
tion might  continue.  On  this  account  particularly  he 
deserves  applause  and  encouragement.  We  therefore  wish 
you,  Reverend  Gentlemen,  to  examine  the  work,  and  if 
approved,  to  give  it  the  sanction  of  your  judgment  and  the 
weight  of  your  recommendation." 

The  report  thereon  of  the  Reverend  Doctors  White  and 
Dufneld  was  dated 

PHILADELPHIA,  ist  September,  1782. 

.  .  .  Having  selected  and  examined  a  variety  of  passages 
throughout  the  work,  we  are  of  the  opinion  that  it  is  executed  with 
great  accuracy  as  to  the  sense,  and  with  as  few  grammatical  and 
typographical  errors  as  could  be  expected  in  an  undertaking  of  this 
magnitude.  Being  ourselves  witnesses  of  the  demand  for  this  invaluable 
book,  we  rejoice  in  the  present  prospect  of  a  supply,  hoping  that  it 
will  prove  as  advantageous  as  it  is  honorable  to  the  Gentleman  who  has 
exerted  himself  to  furnish  it,  at  the  evident  risque  of  his  private 
fortune  .  .  .  (Signed)  WILLIAM  WHITE 

GEORGE  DUFFIELD 

Upon  the  presentation  of  this  report,  the  Congress  voted, 
its  approval  of  "  the  pious  and  laudable  undertaking  of  Mr. 
Aitken  as  subservient  to  the  interest  of  religion,  as  well  as 
an  instance  of  the  progress  of  the  arts  in  this  country;" 
and,  "  being  satisfied  from  the  above  report  of  his  care  and 
accuracy  in  the  execution  of  the  work,  they  recommended 
this  edition  of  the  Bible  to  the  inhabitants  of  the  United 
States,  and  hereby  authorize  him  to  publish  this  recommen- 
dation in  the  manner  he  shall  think  proper." 

Only  a  few  copies  of  this  Bible  are  now  known  to  be  in 
existence,  one  of  these  being  the  property  of  the  Historical 
Society  of  Pennsylvania.  The  title-page  reads : 

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In  the  possession  of  the  Historical  Society  of  Pennsylvania 


Biographies  of  Deceased  Members 

In  the  year  1783  the  Presbyterian  Synod  in  session  in 
Philadelphia  directed  that  three  ministers  should  be  specially 
charged  with  the  duty  of  obtaining  Bibles  and  sending  them 
to  the  most  needy  districts.  They  further  ordered,  "  that 
every  member  of  this  body  shall  use  his  influence  in  the 
congregation  under  his  inspection,  and  in  the  vacancies  con- 
tiguous to  them,  to  raise  contributions  for  the  purchase  of 
Bibles." 

And  as  Mr.  Aitken,  from  laudable  motives  and  with  great  expense, 
hath  undertaken  and  executed  an  elegant  impression  of  the  Holy 
Scriptures,  which,  on  account  of  the  importation  of  Bibles  from 
Europe,  will  be  very  injurious  to  his  temporal  circumstances,  Synod 
further  agrees  that  the  above  Committee  shall  purchase  Bibles  of  the 
said  impression  and  no  other,  and  earnestly  recommends  it  to  all  to 
purchase  such  in  preference  to  any  other. 

This,  David  Walker  Woods,  in  a  recent  biography  of 
Rev.  Dr.  John  Witherspoon,  declares  was  probably  the  first 
protective  act  passed  by  any  legislative  body  since  the 
Declaration  of  Independence,  and  it  is  indicative  of  the 
temper  of  the  people  at  the  time. 

While  the  honor  of  thus  printing  the  first  Bible  in 
America  in  the  English  language  is  accorded  Robert  Aitken, 
a  member  of  The  St.  Andrew's  Society  and  of  the  Scots' 
Presbyterian  Church,  it  is  proper  to  note  that,  over  a  hun- 
dred years  previously,  John  Eliot,  the  Indian  apostle,  had 
translated  the  Psalms  of  David  and  other  parts  of  the 
Scriptures  in  the  Indian  tongue,  and  finally  published  the 
Bible  complete,  the  work  covering  the  years  from  1663  to 
1685. 

In  1743  Christian  Saur,  of  Germantown,  Philadelphia 
County,  published  a  copy  of  the  New  Testament  in  the 
German  language,  and  several  editions  later.  This  was  fol- 
lowed by  the  Aitken  publication  in  1782. 

Miss  Jane  Aitken,  a  daughter,  carried  on  her  father's 
business  as  printer  and  bookbinder  after  his  death,  which 
occurred  July  13,  1802. 

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Biographies  of  Deceased  Members 

CAPTAIN  JOHN  ANGUS,  member  1779.  Poulson's  Ad- 
vertiser, January  17,  1817,  contains  the  following: 

Died  at  Perth  Amboy,  New  Jersey,  after  a  very  severe  and  short 
illness,  John  Angus,  Esq.,  in  the  6sth  year  of  his  age,  formerly  a  citizen 
of  Philadelphia. 

The  distinguished  piety  of  this  amiable  man  will  long  render  his 
death  the  subject  of  unfeigned  regret  to  the  Christian  society  of  which 
he  was  a  zealous  member  and  all  others  who  had  the  pleasure  of  his 
acquaintance.  In  every  relation  of  life  he  was  estimable  and  exemplary, 
a  most  affectionate  husband  and  tender  father,  a  sincere  friend.  A  firm 
believer  in  the  truths  of  the  Gospel  of  Jesus  Christ,  he  loved  the  ways 
of  righteousness  and  walked  in  her  path,  humbly  trusting  in  that 
mercy  which  the  Saviour  of  the  world  has  promised  his  faithful 
followers. 

Sensible  of  his  approaching  dissolution,  he  saw  death  before  him, 
disarmed  of  all  its  terrors,  and  having  given  his  parting  blessing  to 
all  around  him,  he  closed  his  life  in  charity  with  all  men  and  with  a 
blessed  hope  of  enjoying  a  happy  immortality.  He  has  left  a  discon- 
solate widow  and  four  children  to  bewail  their  irreparable  loss. 

Captain  Angus  moved  to  Amboy  in  1801  and  he  at  once 
entered  into  the  religious  life  of  the  place.  His  title  was 
earned  by  service  as  a  mariner  in  the  Revolutionary  War. 

From  a  book  entitled  "  Presbyterianism  in  Perth 
Amboy,"  the  Rev.  J.  H.  Northrup,  pastor  of  the  oldest 
Presbyterian  church  in  that  place,  has  sent  the  following 
extract : 

Captain  John  Angus  was  the  energetic  spirit  who  breathed  life  in 
this  movement  (to  rebuild  the  old  church).  He  called  a  meeting  of 
those  who  Had  faith  in  the  project,  which  was  held  October  I,  1801, 
when  a  Committee  was  chosen  to  solicit  subscriptions,  with  Captain 
Angus  as  Chairman. 

He  appeared  before  the  Presbytery  of  New  York  and  stated  the 
case;  the  project  was  approved  and  recommended  to  all  Christian 
people.  He  donated  the  lot,  and  in  1802  the  foundation  was  laid  and 
the  church  dedicated  June  9,  1803. 

He  was  reported  a  tall,  broad-shouldered  man.  Newspapers  were 
then  rare,  and  Captain  Angus  was  a  subscriber  to  one  of  these,  and 
when  his  paper  was  received  he  appeared  with  it  on  the  street  and 
gathering  a  group  of  eager  listeners  read  to  them  the  news  of  the  day. 

He  died  January  10,  1817,  and  was  buried  in  the  cemetery  of  the 
church  he  had  done  so  much  to  aid. 

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JOHN  BAINE,  member  1790,  was  born  in  St.  Andrews, 
Scotland.  He  and  Dr.  Alexander  Wilson  established  the 
first  type-foundry  in  Scotland,  in  1742,  in  Glasgow.  The 
partnership  was  dissolved  in  1749,  and  Baine  established 
a  type-foundry  in  London,  which  he  removed  to  Edinburgh 
in  1768.  In  1787  the  firm  name  of  "  John  Baine  and  Grand- 
son in  Co."  appeared,  and  in  that  year  they  removed  their 
type-foundry  to  Philadelphia.  Here,  according  to  Isaiah 
Thomas'  History  of  Printing,  they  found  full  employment 
and  had  a  good  reputation  as  letter- founders,  until  John 
Baine  died,  in  1790.*  This  may  be  an  error  as  to  the  date 
of  his  death,  as  Mr.  Baine  is  recorded  as  elected  a  member 
of  The  St.  Andrew's  Society,  November  30,  1790.  They 
cast  the  types  for  a  portion  of  the  "  Encyclopaedia  Britan- 
nica,"  which  was  reprinted  in  Philadelphia  by  Thomas 
Dobson,  member  1791.  History  does  not  record  what  be- 
came of  the  business  after  that  date,  but  Thomas  says  that 
a  grandson  died  in  Augusta,  Georgia,  in  1799.  In  the 
earlier  ledgers  of  Binny  &  Ronaldson,  type-founders,  both 
members  of  this  Society,  it  is  recorded  that,  in  1799,  they 
paid  $300  for  type-founding  appliances  owned  by  J.  Baine. 
There  is  ground  for  believing  that  Binny  was  connected  with 
the  letter-foundry  of  the  Baines  before  he  commenced  busi- 
ness in  1796.  (See  ARCHIBALD  BINNY.)  In  the  preface 
of  the  1816  type-specimens  of  the  foundry  established  by 
Binny  &  Ronaldson,  it  is  stated  that  the  specimen  issued 
by  them  in  1812  represented  the  labor  of  twenty-five  years, 
which  brings  Binny's  work  back  to  1 787,  the  year  the  Baines 
arrived  in  Philadelphia.  Descendants  of  Archibald  Binny 
have  stated  that  he  was  in  business  alone  before  he  entered 
into  partnership  with  James  Ronaldson  in  1796.  It  is  pos- 
sible that  he  may  have  continued  the  Baine  business  after  the 
death  of  John  Baine  and  may  have  acquired  the  major  part 

*  Mr.  Baine's  signature  is  on  the  application  for  a  Charter  for  The 
St.  Andrew's  Society,  dated  April  6,  1791.  We  have  also  entries  of  dues 
paid  by  John  Baine  1795,  1796,  1797,  probably  the  son  referred  to  as 
one  of  the  name  was  elected  a  member  Nov.  30,  1795. 

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of  the  Baine  equipment.  .  .  .  [Henry  L.  Bullen, 
Librarian,  Typographic  Library  and  Museum,  Jersey  City, 
N.J.] 

ROBERT  L.  BALD,  member  1847.  At  a  special  meeting 
of  The  St.  Andrew's  Society  held  July  27th,  1853,  the 
following  resolutions  were  adopted: 

Resolved,  That  the  Society  deeply  regrets  the  loss  it  has  sustained 
by  the  premature  death  of  its  valued  fellow-member  Robert  L.  Bald. 

Resolved,  That  Mr.  Bald  is  entitled  by  his  pure  moral  and  social 
character  and  his  great  skill  in  his  difficult  business  to  the  most  marked 
expression  of  the  sense  of  loss  to  ourselves  and  the  community,  occa- 
sioned by  his  decease. 

Resolved,  That  we  deeply  sympathize  with  his  venerable  father,  one 
of  our  oldest  and  most  honored  members,  and  with  his  afflicted  family. 

Resolved,  That  Doctor  John  K.  Mitchell,  William  Struthers  and 
George  Young  be  a  committee  to  convey  to  the  family  the  above 
resolutions. 

GEORGE  BARTRAM,  SENIOR,  member  1765,  Assistant 
1769-70,  Treasurer  1771. 

George  Bartram,  a  native  of  Scotland,  briefly  referred 
to  on  page  108,  volume  I,  "  Historical  Catalogue,"  as  active 
in  public  affairs  in  Philadelphia, — civil,  political,  and  mili- 
tary,— was  married  in  1764  to  Ann,  daughter  of  John 
Bartram  the  famous  botanist.  This  lady  survived  her  hus- 
band nearly  forty-eight  years.  She  died  February  16,  1824. 

In  1765,  when  Mr.  Bartram  joined  The  St.  Andrew's 
Society,  he  was  engaged  in  business  as  a  cloth  merchant  at 
the  "  Sign  of  the  Golden  Fleeces  Head,"  Second  Street 
below  Carter's  Alley,  advertising  here  the  "  Best  Scotch 
Plaids  for  gentlemen's  gowns  and  boys'  Highland  dress; 
Scotch  white  and  colored  threads,  etc.,  etc."  Although  his 
brother  Alexander  (member  1765)  was  a  rank  Tory,  George 
signed  the  Non-Importation  Agreement  of  October  25, 
1765,  and  was  named  as  one  of  a  committee  to  see  that  the 
resolutions  were  carried  into  effect. 

When  the  British  entered  Philadelphia  in  1777,  George 

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Bartram,  with  many  others,  was  compelled  to  leave  the  city, 
and  located  in  Lancaster.  It  was  later  stated  in  Hazard's 
Register  that  Mr.  Bartram  while  at  Lancaster  took  cold, 
which  caused  his  death  in  his  forty-third  year,  April  24, 
1777,  and  that  he  was  buried  in  front  of  the  Episcopal 
Church ;  a  neat  slab  on  the  pavement  marks  the  spot  where 
his  remains  are  deposited. 

Only  one  child  was  born  to  George  and  Ann   (nee) 
Bartram,  a  son,  George,  referred  to  following. 

GENERAL  GEORGE  BARTRAM,  JR.,  member  1788,  was  a 
son  of  George  Bartram,  member  1765,  and  Ann,  his  wife, 
referred  to  above. 

He  graduated  from  the  University  of  Pennsylvania  in 
1 783.  For  nearly  half  a  century  he  was  active  in  the  councils 
of  the  then  Democratic  party  and  prominent  in  the  official 
and  social  life  of  Philadelphia.  In  1788,  just  after  attaining 
his  majority,  he  joined  The  St.  Andrew's  Society.  In  1805 
he  was  a  leader  of  the  faction  known  as  "  Friends  of  the 
People,"  organized  in  opposition  to  the  "  Constitutional 
Republicans."  In  1807  he  was  a  member  of  the  "  Com- 
mittee of  Correspondence  "  appointed  to  take  action  on  the 
"  Chesapeake  affair,"  when  war  with  England  seemed  immi- 
nent. In  1810  he  was  one  of  the  organizers  of  the  "  Whig 
Society  of  Pennsylvania,"  which  opposed  the  Democratic 
faction  led  by  Governor  Snyder.  At  this  time  he  was  a 
member  of  the  Select  Council,  of  which  body  he  was  presi- 
dent from  October,  1809,  to  October,  1811.  He  was  like- 
wise, at  this  period,  "  father  of  the  council  "  of  the  famous 
Tammany  Society  which  at  times,  to  a  considerable  extent 
dominated  local  politics  in  Philadelphia.  He  was  appointed, 
July  14,  1812,  commissioner  of  insolvents,  under  the  act 
of  March  13,  1812,  which  office,  however  was  abolished 
at  the  close  of  that  year.  On  April  30,  1813,  he  was  com- 
missioned alderman,  a  post  held  by  him  for  many  years. 

He  was  active  in  military  affairs,  being,  during  the  war 
of  1812,  lieutenant-colonel  of  the  Fiftieth  Regiment  of  State 

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militia.  In  July,  1814,  he  succeeded  General  Wharton  in 
command  of  the  First  Brigade,  though  he  held  this  position 
but  a  short  time  and  General  Thomas  Cadwalader  succeeded 
him. 

His  death  occurred  May  8,  1840,  then  in  his  seventy-third 
year.  From  his  will,  proven  May  n,  1840,  he  appears  to 
have  left  no  issue. 

GENERAL  HENRY  HARRISON  BINGHAM,  Life  member 
1869.  Born  in  Philadelphia,  December  4,  1841,  and  died 
in  that  city,  March  23,  1912. 

James  Bingham,  the  father  of  General  Bingham,  was 
born  in  Donegal,  Dauphin  County,  Pennsylvania,  of  direct 
Scotch  descent.  He  became  engaged  in  forwarding  freight 
and  merchandise  in  Philadelphia  and  was  the  senior  member 
of  the  firm  of  Bingham  &  Dock,  whose  business  ramifications 
in  the  early  days  of  railroad  transportation  extended  to 
every  section  of  the  country. 

The  mother  of  General  Bingham,  Ann  Shiller  Bingham, 
was  born  in  Mount  Joy,  Penna.  His  grandmother,  Mar- 
garet Cameron,  was  a  cousin  of  General  Simon  Cameron. 

General  Bingham  was  educated  at  Jefferson  College,  now 
Washington  and  Jefferson,  at  Canonsburg,  Penna.,  and  later 
received  from  that  college  the  degrees  of  A.B.,  A.M.,  and 
LL.D. 

He  had  scarcely  received  his  diploma  at  the  outbreak  of 
the  Civil  War  when,  without  returning  home,  he  organized 
from  the  college  and  its  vicinity  a  company  of  infantry, 
and,  with  the  professor  of  mathematics  in  command, 
Bingham  was  chosen  first  lieutenant.  This  company  was 
attached  to  the  i4Oth  Regiment  Penna.  Infantry  as  Company 
G,  and  on  September  9,  1862,  Lieutenant  Bingham  was  com- 
missioned captain. 

He  was  relieved  from  duty  with  his  company  April  26, 
1863,  and  appointed  Judge  Advocate  of  the  ist  Division, 
Second  Army  Corps,  and  later  Judge  Advocate  of  the  corps, 
with  the  rank  of  major,  serving  under  Major-General  Win- 

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Member  1869 
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field  S.  Hancock,  who  specially  recommended  Bingham  for 
promotion. 

General  Bingham  participated  in  all  the  battles  of  his 
Corps,  and  was  commended  for  promotion  as  brevet-major 
U.  S.  volunteers,  August  i,  1864,  "  for  good  conduct  and 
conspicuous  gallantry,  especially  at  the  Wilderness,  Spotsyl- 
vania,  and  Gettysburg,"  and  on  April  9,  1865,  was  brevetted 
lieutenant-colonel,  "  for  highly  meritorious  services  during 
the  recent  campaign  terminating  with  the  surrender  of  the 
insurgent  army,"  and  again,  as  colonel  and  brevet  brigadier- 
general,  "  for  conspicuous  gallantry  and  meritorious  ser- 
vices during  the  war." 

General  Bingham  was  further  honored  in  the  military 
service  as  a  recipient  of  the  Congressional  Medal  of  Honor, 
"  for  having  rallied  and  led  into  action  a  portion  of  the 
troops  who  had  given  way  under  the  fierce  assaults  of  the 
enemy  at  the  Battle  of  the  Wilderness,  Va.,  May  6,  1864." 
At  Spotsylvania,  though  serving  on  the  staff,  he  voluntarily 
took  part  with  his  regiment  in  the  assault  and  was  there 
wounded,  and  was  again  wounded  at  Gettysburg. 

In  April,  1865,  General  Bingham  was  appointed  Judge 
Advocate  of  the  Middle  Military  Department,  embracing  the 
States  of  Maryland,  Virginia,  West  Virginia,  and  Delaware, 
which  position  he  retained  until  July,  1866,  when  he  resigned. 

Few  men  had  a  more  active  or  more  honorable  military 
record  than  General  Bingham. 

After  his  muster-out  from  the  service,  he  was  appointed 
chief  clerk,  Philadelphia  post-office,  and  later  became  post- 
master. In  this  position  he  showed  fine  executive  ability. 
He  was  reappointed  under  President  Grant,  and  resigned  as 
postmaster  December  i,  1872,  to  enter  upon  the  duties  of 
clerk  of  the  Courts  of  Quarter  Sessions,  to  which  position 
he  had  been  elected  in  October.  He  was  re-elected  in  1876, 
and  in  1878  was  elected  member  of  Congress  from  the 
First  Congressional  District,  and  was  so  serving  when  he 
died,  being  then  the  oldest  member  of  the  national  House  of 
Representatives  in  continuous  service. 

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He  served  as  delegate  at  each  of  the  Republican  National 
Conventions  from  1876  to  1904. 

General  Bingham  was  married  February  3,  1874,  to  Miss 
Mary  H.  Alexander,  a  daughter  of  Judge  Alexander  of 
Baltimore.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Military  Order  of  the 
Loyal  Legion,  the  Union  League  of  Philadelphia,  the  Art 
and  other  clubs;  a  charter  member  of  George  G.  Meade 
Post,  No.  I,  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic,  and  served  one 
term  as  its  commander. 

General  Bingham  was  noted  for  personal  neatness  in 
dress,  was  characteristically  affable  and  courteous,  and, 
until  afflicted  with  ill  health  for  several  years  before  his 
death,  attended  actively  to  his  duties  as  a  member  of  Con- 
gress, serving  upon  important  committees. 

He  was  a  talented  speaker,  and  was  the  orator  for 
Pennsylvania  Day  at  Gettysburg,  where  more  than  eighty 
monuments  were  transferred  to  the  Battle-field  Association, 
and  on  June  5,  1896,  he  delivered  an  eloquent  oration  at  the 
dedication  of  the  equestrian  statue  of  General  Hancock  at 
Gettysburg. 

ARCHIBALD  BINNY,  member  1807,  was  born  in  Porto- 
Bello,  near  Edinburgh,  Scotland,  in  1763.  He  came  to 
Philadelphia  in  1793,  and  three  years  later  entered  into 
partnership  in  the  type-founding  business  with  James 
Ronaldson,  member  1795,  whose  biography  is  recorded  in 
the  first  volume,  "  Historical  Catalogue,  St.  Andrew's 
Society,"  1907. 

There  is  no  very  precise  information  concerning  the 
activities  of  Mr.  Binny  prior  to  1796.  He  had  learned  the 
type-founding  art  very  thoroughly  and  had  accumulated 
type-founding  appliances  valued  at  $888.80,  but  where  and 
how  has  not  been  disclosed.  A  discussion  of  the  various 
contradictory  statements  would  be  interesting  only  to  those 
belonging  to  the  typographic  art  and  need  not  be  taken  up 
here.  (See  JOHN  BAINE.)  He  most  probably  learned 
his  business  in  Scotland,  where  in  the  latter  part  of  the 

So 


ARCHIBALD  BINNY 

Member  1807 

(Firm  of  Binny  &  Ronaldson,  Type  founders) 
Died  at  Porto  Bello,  Md.,  April  25,  1838 


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eighteenth  century  the  art  of  letter- founding  began  to  achieve 
an  eminence  superior  to  that  in  other  countries,  and  con- 
tinuing for  over  fifty  years,  until  the  best  Scottish  letter- 
foundries  found  their  way,  one  by  one,  to  the  United  States. 
He  most  probably  arrived  in  Philadelphia  in  1795. 

The  important  matter  is  that  the  business  of  Binny  & 
Ronaldson  prospered  in  a  great  degree.  They  had  no  com- 
petition until  1810.  They  purchased  all  the  type- founding 
equipments  that  had  preceded  them  in  America.  They  cast 
in  1797  the  first  $  sign  used  in  this  country. 

In  an  address  to  the  printers  of  the  United  States,  by 
James  Ronaldson,  issued  a  few  months  after  Mr.  Binny's 
withdrawal,  he  says  of  Binny:  "On  laying  before  you  the 
following  specimens,  so  much  the  product  of  his  genius  and 
labor,  it  is  due  to  his  character  and  talents  to  state,  as  my 
humble  opinion,  that  the  letter-foundry  owes  more  of  its 
improvement  and  simplification  to  him  than  to  any  other 
individual  since  its  invention;  and  the  difficulties  incident 
to  transferring  this  business  to  America  will  not  be  duly 
appreciated  but  by  having  in  mind  that  at  least  seven  prior 
establishments  had  failed."  The  sale  of  foreign-made  types 
ceased  shortly  after  Binny  &  Ronaldson  opened  their  type- 
foundry,  and  the  quality  and  art  of  the  American  product 
was  in  no  wise  inferior  to  the  European.  In  fact,  it  was  not 
long  before  America  took  that  lead  in  the  type- founding 
art  which  it  retains  in  the  present  time.  Archibald  Binny 
invented  and  patented  three  improvements  in  type  moulds, 
which  materially  increased  the  product  of  each  caster. 
These  patents  were  issued  to  him  on  January  29  and 
February  4,  1811,  and  May  17,  1814. 

In  August,  1815,  Mr.  Binny  retired  from  the  type- 
founding  business,  in  which  he  had  accumulated  a  liberal 
fortune,  receiving  for  his  interest  the  sum  of  $62,000,  as 
is  shown  by  a  deed  of  partition  in  the  possession  of  the 
Typographic  Library  and  Museum  in  Jersey  City.  His 
financial  prosperity  is  further  disclosed  by  the  fact  that  he 


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loaned  the  United  States  Government  the  sum  of  $50,000 
for  its  use  in  the  war  of  1812-15. 

After  his  retirement  he  purchased  an  estate  in  St.  Mary's 
County,  Maryland,  on  the  bank  of  the  St.  Mary's  River 
near  its  confluence  with  the  Potomac.  It  covered  an  area 
of  originally  over  5000  acres,  which  was  reduced,  probably 
by  sales,  to  1214  acres. 

He  erected  a  sulphur-mill,  a  grist-mill,  and  a  cotton- 
factory,  and  raised  tobacco,  corn,  and  wheat,  employing  the 
labor  of  some  fifty  slaves. 

The  residence  "  Porto-Bello,"  named  after  his  birth- 
place, is  still  there,  very  spacious,  and  one  of  the  handsomest 
mansions  on  the  banks  of  the  Potomac  River.  There  Archi- 
bald Binny  entertained  many  distinguished  guests,  among 
them  General  Lafayette  and  President  Andrew  Jackson. 
Lafayette  presented  him  with  one  of  the  fifty  famous  Wash- 
ington picture  pitchers  which  he  had  brought  with  him  from 
France.  There  were  two  busts  of  Andrew  Jackson  at  the 
entrance  to  the  grounds.  Archibald  Binny  was  a  well-read 
man,  with  all  the  characteristics  which  compel  success,  while 
retaining  the  respect  and  good  will  of  his  associates. 

Mr.  Binny  died  at  Porto-Bello,  April  25,  1838,  in  his 
seventy-fifth  year.  His  body  is  interred  in  Trinity  Episcopal 
church-yard,  St.  Mary's  City. 

It  may  be  noted  here  that  in  1823  James  Ronaldson  re- 
tired also  with  an  ample  fortune.  The  Philadelphia  Type- 
foundry  kept  pace  with  the  growth  of  the  country,  and  in 
the  seventies  of  the  last  century  achieved  the  distinction  of 
being  not  only  the  best  but  the  most  extensive  letter-foundry 
in  the  world.  It  was  best  known  later,  perhaps,  as  Mac- 
Kellar,  Smiths  and  Jordan's,  on  Sansom  Street  near  Sixth 
Street.  Thomas  MacKellar  was  also  an  active  member  of 
The  St.  Andrew's  Society.  When  the  Curtis  Publishing 
Company  purchased  the  land  and  building  in  1909,  as  part 
of  the  site  for  its  new  building,  the  first  successful  type- 
foundry  in  America  was  removed  to  Jersey  City,  N.  J. 

Archibald  Binny  was  twice  married.  By  his  first  wife, 

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who  died  in  1796,  he  had  a  son,  John,  who  followed  his 
father's  occupation  and  ultimately  established  a  small  busi- 
ness of  his  own  in  Philadelphia.  By  his  second  wife,  Char- 
lotte, daughter  of  Michael  and  Susan  Beasley  Prager,  of 
Philadelphia,  he  had  eleven  children,  five  of  whom  were 
born  in  St.  Mary's.  They  were  Charles,  Archibald,  James 
Ronaldson  (a  civil  engineer  and  architect),  Andrew  Jackson, 
who  made  a  fortune  in  railroad  building  and  is  now  (1910) 
living  in  Berkeley,  California,  Louisa  (who  married  Pro- 
fessor William  Wagner,  afterward  founder  of  the  Wagner 
Free  Institute  of  Philadelphia),  Susan  (who  married  Rev. 
R.  H.  B.  Mitchell,  an  Episcopalian  clergyman  of  Maryland), 
Catherine  (who  married  Captain  Richard  Shippen,  son  of 
Dr.  Edward  Shippen  and  grandson  of  Chief- Justice  Shippen 
of  Pennsylvania),  Marion  (who  married  a  merchant  of 
San  Francisco),  Elizabeth  (who  married  James  H.  Ogilvie, 
formerly  of  the  firm  of  Ogilvie  &  Binney  of  Philadelphia, 
and  from  1884  to  1901  vice-president  of  the  Union  Trust 
Company  of  New  York  City),  Harriet  (single),  and  Char- 
lotte, who  lived  to  the  age  of  fifteen. 

The  other  surviving  grandchildren  of  Archibald  Binny 
are  Mrs.  Charlotte  Binney  Atkins,  Montclair,  New  Jersey; 
Mrs.  Mary  Ogilvie  Barker,  Plainfield,  N.  J. ;  Francis  Binney 
and  Phoebe  Marion  Binney,  Berkeley,  California. 

The  portrait  printed  here  is  from  an  oil  painting  in  the 
possession  of  a  granddaughter,  Mrs.  Mary  Ogilvie  Barker. 
Another  granddaughter,  Mrs.  Charlotte  Binney  Atkins,  has 
presented  the  Society  with  photographs  of  a  medal  by  Furst 
in  honor  of  Archibald  Binny  and  the  Philadelphia  Type- 
foundry,  and  a  photograph  of  a  silver  communion  service 
made  from  the  silver  plate  of  her  grandfather,  which  was 
presented  to  Christ  Church  of  Philadelphia,  on  St.  Andrew's 
Day,  November  30,  1875.  On  each  piece  there  is  the  inscrip- 
tion "  To  the  glory  of  God  and  in  memory  of  Archibald 
and  Charlotte  Binney,  Christ  Church,  for  the  use  of  the 
parish,  St.  Andrew's  Day,  1875."  The  descendants  spell 
the  name  "  Binney,"  and  in  the  ledgers  of  Binny  &  Ronald- 

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son  the  name  is  spelled  both  ways.  [Henry  L.  Bullen, 
Librarian,  Typographic  Library  and  Museum,  Jersey  City, 
N.J.] 

JAMES  BLACKIE,  member  1840.  Born  November  12, 
1800,  at  Kelso,  Scotland,  and  there  learned  the  trade  of  a 
stone-cutter.  He  married  Dorothy  Smith  at  the  Berwick 
Church,  Berwick-on-the-Tweed,  Scotland,  February  17, 
1822. 

They  had  the  following  children,  viz. :  John,  Mary  Ann, 
George  S.,  Elizabeth  D.  S.,  and  Dorothea.  The  family 
came  to  Philadelphia  from  Scotland  in  1830  or  1831,  except 
the  last-named  child,  Dorothea,  who  was  born  in  Philadel- 
phia in  1832  and  who  still  resides  in  that  city,  the  only 
survivor. 

His  wife,  Dorothea  Smith  Blackie,  died  in  Philadelphia, 
August  i,  1842.  He  remarried,  and  died  at  Quincy,  Massa- 
chusetts, February  18,  1854. 

RALPH  BOWIE,  ESQ.,  member  1786.  Mr.  Bowie  was 
one  of  the  brightest  lights  at  the  bar  in  the  closing  decade  of 
the  1 8th  century.  He  was  born,  bred,  and  educated  in  Scot- 
land, and  was  said  to  have  been  admitted  to  the  bar  in  his 
native  land  before  emigrating  to  this  country. 

His  residence  at  York  (  Penna. )  covered  a  period  prolific 
of  cases  growing  out  of  land  titles,  often  involving  intricate 
questions  and  the  application  of  legal  principles  to  facts  and 
conditions  for  which  no  precedent  was  found.  It  was  in 
cases  in  this  line  that  he  made  his  greatest  reputation,  and  his 
learning  and  experience  and  counsel  in  this  behalf  were 
much  sought  after,  not  only  in  York,  but  in  Lancaster,  Cum- 
berland, and  more  distant  counties.  He  is  referred  to  by  an 
early  writer  as  having  had  but  few  equals  in  this  State. 
With  queue  bearing  evidence  of  assiduous  attention,  conti- 
nental knee-breeches  and  buckled  shoes,  and  handsome  face 
and  figure,  accompanied  by  a  gentle  grace  and  dignity  which 
he  never  permitted  to  forsake  him,  he  was  a  conspicuous  type 

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of  the  country  barrister  of  his  day.  He  wrote  an  excellent 
business  hand  and  was  a  fair  representative  of  that  estimable 
class  of  our  ancestors  known  as  gentlemen  of  the  old  school. 

He  was  possessed  of  very  extensive  legal  learning,  sec- 
onded by  a  good  judgment  and  a  penetration  unceasingly 
active  and  uncommonly  acute.  His  talents  and  exertions 
rose  above  their  usual  elevation  when  he  advocated  the  cause 
of  the  widow,  the  orphan,  the  poor,  and  the  oppressed.  The 
cause  of  humanity  was  one  he  most  delighted  to  defend. 

He  was  a  sincere  believer  in  the  Christian  religion,  of 
which  he  had  made  public  profession  for  many  years. 

In  private  life  he  was  liberal  without  parade,  charitable 
without  ostentation,  and  scrupulously  just  in  all  his  dealings. 
In  domestic  life,  he  was  an  affectionate  husband  and  parent; 
sincerity  characterized  his  friendships  and  urbanity  his  social 
intercourse.  He  died  in  York,  October  22,  1816,  being  then 
about  sixty  years  of  age. 

On  the  Treasurer's  books  for  November  30,  1787,  it  is 
noted  that  Mr.  Bowie  had  paid  five  pounds  and  "  gone  to 
Europe,"  no  doubt  on  a  visit  to  his  birthplace.  [Geo.  R. 
Prowell's  History  of  York  County,  Poulson's  Advertiser, 
November  2,  1816,  et  a/.] 

MALCOLM  PETER  BOYD,  Life  member  1905,  Minor  class. 
Son  of  Peter  Boyd,  Esq.,  former  President  of  The  St. 
Andrew's  Society,  and  Martha  Prescott  Crittenden  Boyd. 
He  was  born  in  Philadelphia  February  13,  1893,  and  died 
at  his  father's  home  in  that  city  April  16,  1909. 

He  was  admitted  as  a  Life  member  of  The  St.  Andrew's 
Society  under  the  rules  as  to  minor  sons  of  members,  and  it 
was  hoped  that  he  would,  on  obtaining  his  majority,  become 
as,  active  in  the  Society  as  his  father. 

He  was  taught  privately  at  his  home  and  then  attended 
the  Blight  School  at  22iid  and  Pine  Streets,  where  he 
remained  until  1907,  when  he  entered  the  Lawrenceville, 
N.  J.,  School,  in  which  he  was  a  pupil  at  the  time  of  his 

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death.    At  the  entrance  examination  he  took  high  honors  in 
Greek  and  Latin. 

The  St.  Andrew's  Society,  in  appropriate  resolutions 
passed  when  his  death  was  reported,  said,  "  that  in  his  death 
the  Society  feels  that  it  has  lost  a  young  member  of  great 
promise,  whose  record  as  a  manly,  courteous,  Christian  boy 
endeared  him  to  all  who  knew  him,  and  won  for  him  the 
confidence  and  esteem  of  his  classmates  and  associates." 

PETER  BOYD,  ESQ.,  Life  member  1880.  The  following 
minute,  prepared  by  the  President,  John  Gordon  Gray,  was 
read  and  unanimously  adopted  by  a  rising  vote  at  the 
Quarterly  Meeting,  February  29,  1912 : 

Peter  Boyd  was  born  in  Scotland  in  1854  and  came  to 
Philadelphia  with  his  parents  in  early  childhood.  Educated 
in  the  public  schools,  his  manifest  bent  toward  a  profession 
led  to  his  entrance  into  the  Law  School  of  the  University 
of  Pennsylvania,  where  he  graduated.  He  was  admitted  to 
the  bar  in  1876,  and  at  once  commenced  the  practice  of  his 
profession,  in  which  he  soon  gained  a  recognized  place.  He 
joined  The  St.  Andrew's  Society  August  31,  1880,  and  was 
elected  Counsellor  1890  to  1894,  when  he  became  Secretary 
1895-1899,  Vice-President  1900-1903,  and  President 
1904-1905.  On  retiring  as  President,  he  was  again  elected 
Counsellor  and  was  so  serving  at  the  time  of  his  death. 
From  the  first  his  interest  in  the  Society  partook  of  the 
nature  of  an  enthusiasm.  As  Secretary  he  was  steady  in 
his  attendance  at  the  meetings  and  indefatigable  in  his  work 
for  the  Society's  benefit.  He  made  its  affairs  part  of  his 
office  system,  and  was  exceedingly  jealous  of  its  honor  and 
reputation,  extending  its  influence  and  adding  to  its  mem- 
bership. As  President  he  maintained  the  high  traditions  of 
the  Society  and  was  an  able  and  dignified  presiding  officer. 

Mr.  Boyd  was  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian  Church,  in 
which  he  took  an  active  interest.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
Masonic  fraternity,  in  which  he  had  many  friends  and  to 

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PETER  BOYD,  ESQ. 

Member  1880 

President  1904-1905 

Counsellor  1906-1911 

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whose  work  he  contributed.    And  he  was  an  active  member 
of  the  Union  League,  serving  on  various  committees. 

His  legal  position,  known  probity  and  sagacity,  and 
numerous  affiliations  brought  him  many  valuable  trustee- 
ships, and,  becoming  counsel  for  a  trust  company,  he  was, 
on  the  death  of  its  president,  induced  to  accept  the  presi- 
dency of  that  company  for  himself.  Inheriting  in  its  man- 
agement a  system  and  conditions  from  which  it  was  found 
impossible  to  escape,  he  bore  the  burden  of  the  company 
for  a  number  of  years,  until,  at  its  collapse,  he  sank  under 
the  weight,  dying  on  the  afternoon  of  December  9,  1911. 

He  was  three  times  married. 

Such  in  brief  outline  is  the  story  of  a  singularly  vivid 
and  active  life. 

Peter  Boyd  possessed  much  of  what  is  usually  called 
personal  magnetism.  Somewhat  under  the  middle  height, 
his  erect  and  manly  form,  striking  head  and  face,  and  easy 
manner  made  him  everywhere  a  noticeable  figure.  Gifted 
with  a  strong  and  masculine  understanding,  which  he  had 
cultivated  by  considerable  reading  and  study,  and  possessing 
wit  and  humor,  he  was  welcome  in  any  circle  of  men  and 
easily  held  his  own  in  any  company.  He  was  well  read  in 
the  history  of  Scotland  and  of  the  United  States,  and,  at  the 
quarterly  meetings  and  the  annual  dinners  of  The  St.  An- 
drew's Society,  made  many  interesting  and  eloquent 
addresses.  At  the  Union  League,  where  he  made  one  of  a 
coterie  largely  composed  of  men  of  Scottish  descent,  he 
was  very  much  at  home,  and  there,  with  his  chosen  associates, 
in  his  moments  of  smiling  relaxation,  he  showed  his  most 
attractive  side.  In  the  councils  of  the  political  party  to 
which  he  gave  his  allegiance  he  had  a  voice  and  influence, 
and  in  times  of  political  contest  was  often  heard  on  the 
platform.  In  all  the  relations  of  life,  and  in  his  case  a 
many-sided  life, — whether  as  member  of  the  bar,  member 
of  his  church,  officer  of  The  St.  Andrew's  Society,  Mason, 
member  of  the  Union  League,  public-spirited  citizen, — he 
easily  took  and  held  a  conspicuous  place.  And  when  he 

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passed  to  his  account,  although  he  might  have  been  deemed 
to  have  reached  that  time  of  life  when  middle  age  lay  behind 
him,  yet  he  impressed  his  associates  not  as  one  who  had  fin- 
ished his  career  but  as  one  who  had  possibilities  of  usefulness 
and  distinction  yet  beyond  him,  so  that  his  death,  coming 
when  it  did,  seemed  the  abrupt  and  untimely  ending  of  a  life 
whose  principal  expression  still  lay  in  the  future.  That  in 
a  great  and  conservative  city  like  Philadelphia,  Peter  Boyd, 
without  adventitious  aids  of  any  kind,  should  have  taken 
and  held  the  position  which  he  occupied  is  at  once  the  measure 
and  the  proof  of  his  ability  and  worth.  And  the  affectionate 
regard  in  which  he  was  held  by  his  friends  was  amply 
shown  by  the  unusual  gathering  and  demonstration  which, 
accompanied  the  last  rites  paid  to  him. 

WILLIAM  BROCKIE,  member  1900.  The  son  of  William 
Brockie,  member  1869,  who  was  born  in  Edinburgh  and, 
after  being  educated  in  that  city,  entered  the  large  shipping 
firm  of  Richardson,  Spence  &  Co.,  at  Liverpool.  There  his 
son  William  was  born,  June  28,  1864,  and  in  the  year 
following  the  father  came  to  Philadelphia  as  agent  of  the 
Dominion  Line  of  steamships. 

His  son,  after  attending  the  public  schools,  entered  the 
University  of  Pennsylvania,  where  he  graduated  in  1885. 

After  the  death  of  his  father,  in  1890,  Mr.  Brockie  car- 
ried on  the  business  under  the  firm  name  of  Brockie  &  Welsh, 
until  he  entered  the  firm  of  Johnson  &  Higgins,  average 
adjusters  and  insurance  brokers.  When  that  firm  was  incor- 
porated in  1899,  Mr.  Brockie  was  elected  vice-president  and 
removed  to  New  York.  At  the  time  of  his  death  he  was 
president  of  that  corporation. 

Mr.  Brockie  was  a  member  of  a  number  of  leading  clubs 
in  Philadelphia,  was  especially  interested  in  athletic  matters, 
and  represented  the  Germantown  Cricket  Club  on  a  team 
which  visited  England  some  years  ago. 

Prior  to  his  removal  to  New  York  he  was  a  vestry-man 
in  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  of  the  Ascension. 

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REV.  DUNCAN  McLENNAN  BUCHANAN 

Member  1901 
Died  in  Baltimore,  Md.,  March  12,  1908 


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His  charming  personality  made  for  him  hosts  of  friends, 
and  his  great  business  ability  commanded  the  confidence  of 
all  with  whom  he  was  associated.  He  was  survived  by  his 
wife,  who  before  her  marriage  was  Miss  Agnes  Morgan  (a 
daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  W.  C.  Morgan),  and  two 
daughters. 

REV.  DUNCAN  MCLENNAN  BUCHANAN,  member  1901. 

Born  in  Elmira,  Illinois,  February  3,  1861.  Died  in 
Baltimore,  Maryland,  March  13,  1908,  and  was  buried  in 
Loudon  Park  Cemetery  of  that  city. 

He  was  the  son  of  Alexander  Buchanan  of  Jeantown, 
Ross-shire,  and  his  mother,  Mary  (McLennan),  was  a  native 
of  Conligan,  Loch  Carron,  both  in  the  Highlands  of  Scot- 
land. His  descent  on  both  the  paternal  and  maternal  sides 
traced  back  through  many  generations  of  noted  Highland 
families.  Many  of  them  were  ministers  of  God. 

After  attending  the  high  school  at  Kewanee,  Illinois, 
Mr.  Buchanan  spent  one  year  in  Knox  Academy  in  prepara- 
tion for  the  ministry.  He  was  graduated  from  Knox  Col- 
lege in  June,  1886,  and  from  the  Union  Theological  Semi- 
nary in  May,  1889. 

He  was  licensed  to  preach  April  9,  1889,  and  ordained 
by  the  Presbytery  of  Nassau,  New  York,  June  6,  1889.  He 
served  as  pastor  of  the  church  at  Ocean  Side,  Long  Island, 
until  1891.  In  September,  1891,  he  was  called  to  the  First 
Presbyterian  Church,  Mauch  Chunk,  Pennsylvania,  and  in- 
stalled as  its  pastor  November  i,  which  was  an  anniversary 
of  the  organization  of  the  First  Church.  He  was  its  pastor 
until  September,  1902,  nearly  eleven  years,  in  which  time 
he  did  a  marvellous  work  for  the  cause  of  Christ  and  his 
fellow-men.  By  his  kindly  ministrations  and  genial  disposi- 
tion he  endeared  himself  to  every  one  in  Mauch  Chunk.  His 
work  there  was  of  inestimable  value,  and  the  touch  of  his 
life  will  long  be  felt. 

In  September,  1902,  he  was  called  to  the  pastorate  of  the 
Lafayette  Square  Presbyterian  Church,  Baltimore,  one  of 

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the  largest  and  most  important  churches  in  that  city.  During 
his  pastorate  he  largely  aided  in  building  up  that  church 
in  every  particular.  He  took  an  active  part  in  the  church 
life  of  Baltimore  and  was  held  in  very  high  esteem  by  his 
fellow-members  of  the  Presbytery.  He  was  conducting 
a  two-weeks'  series  of  evangelistic  meetings  when  he  was 
stricken  with  the  fatal  illness. 

He  took  a  great  interest  in  literature  and  was  a  well-read 
man.  He  was  the  author  of  a  book  entitled  "  Historic 
America  "  and  a  leaflet  "  About  3  Minutes  ago,"  which  was 
published  by  the  American  Tract  Society. 

On  April  24,  1894,  during  his  pastorate  at  Mauch  Chunk, 
Mr.  Buchanan  married  Miss  Isabella  Margaret  McLennan, 
who  was  also  descended  from  an  old  Highland  family  from 
the  vicinity  of  Ben  Nevis. 

At  the  Anniversary  of  The  St.  Andrew's  Society  in 
Philadelphia  in  1902,  Mr.  Buchanan  was  the  orator,  with 
"  Scotland  "  as  his  theme,  and  his  eloquent,  impressive,  and 
instructive  address  was  a  feature  of  the  evening. 

ROBERT  BUIST,  JR.,  member  May  31,  1875.  Mr.  Buist 
was  born  in  Philadelphia,  September  15,  1837,  the  son  of 
Robert  Buist,  florist,  referred  to  in  volume  one,  "  Historical 
Catalogue,  St.  Andrew's  Society." 

Mr.  Buist  learned  the  business  under  his  father,  who  was 
one  of  the  noted  florists  of  his  time, — in  fact,  a  leader  in 
every  branch  of  horticulture.  His  son  Robert  entered  into 
business  on  his  own  account  when  eighteen  years  of  age  and 
succeeded  so  well  that  in  two  years  he  had  paid  back  the  large 
sum  of  money  advanced  by  his  father  for  that  purpose. 

When  Robert  Buist,  Sr.,  retired  on  a  well-earned  com- 
petence, his  son  bought  out  the  business  and  later  organized 
the  firm  of  Robert  Buist  Company,  at  the  head  of  which 
Mr.  Buist  continued  until  his  death. 

In  1861  he  married  Miss  Hermenia  Mathieu,  who  died 
some  four  years  prior  to  Mr.  Buist's  decease.  Their  chil- 
dren are  all  dead. 

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Mr.  Buist  died  in  Philadelphia,  December  13,  1910.  He 
was  a  member  of  the  Union  League,  the  Historical  Society 
of  Pennsylvania,  and  the  Merion  Cricket  Club. 

FRANK  BURNS,  member  1900.  Mr.  Burns  was  born  in 
Philadelphia,  April  6,  1844,  and  died  in  that  city  March  n, 
1913.  He  was  a  son  of  Charles  Marquedant  Burns  and  his 
wife  Eliza  Van  Dyke  Roussean.  His  great-grandfather, 
Peter  Burns,  came  from  Scotland  to  America  about  1740. 

Mr.  Burns  attended  classes  at  the  Episcopal  Academy 
and  at  the  University  of  Pennsylvania  when  located  on  Ninth 
Street,  leaving  at  the  close  of  the  Junior  year  (Class  of  '62). 

Soon  after  he  enlisted  in  the  Fifteenth  Pennsylvania 
Cavalry,  known  as  the  Anderson  Troop.  After  his  dis- 
charge from  the  service,  he  was  for  a  time  in  business  in 
New  York  and  afterward  in  Philadelphia. 

In  August,  1892,  Mr.  Burns  entered  the  service  of  the 
City  of  Philadelphia  in  the  Bureau  of  Surveys,  being 
assigned  to  draughting  work  in  the  bridge  division.  From 
that  time  until  the  general  break-down  of  his  health  in  the 
latter  part  of  1912 — more  than  twenty  years — he  was 
steadily  engaged  in  this  particular  class  of  work.  He  was 
an  architectural  draughtsman  and,  before  engaging  with 
the  city,  was  connected  with  a  number  of  steel  and  iron 
companies,  and  had  also  been  a  manufacturer  of  iron  rail- 
ings. When  he  entered  the  city  service,  his  employment  with 
these  firms  and  the  consequent  experience  gained  was  of 
much  value  to  the  city.  He  designed  the  railings  and  other 
ornamental  iron  structures  used  in  bridge  construction,  and 
his  architectural  knowledge  and  artistic  perception  were 
of  great  advantage  in  the  progress  of  the  work  of  designing. 

Many  notable  bridges — such  as  the  bridge  over  the 
Schuylkill  at  Gray's  Ferry,  the  widening  of  Chestnut  Street 
bridge  and  its  approaches,  and  the  great  concrete  span  over 
the  Wissahickon  at  Walnut  Lane,  for  which  he  made  the 
original  design — were  built  by  the  city  during  Mr.  Burns's 
long  connection  with  the  draughting  division,  and  in  all 

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these  structures  his  particular  branch  of  designing  was  car- 
ried on  with  fidelity  to  the  interest  of  the  municipality  and 
to  the  utmost  of  his  ability. 

Mr.  Burns  was  endowed  by  nature  with  a  love  for  his 
fellow-man,  ever  ready  and  willing  to  do  each  one  a  service 
if  it  lay  in  his  power.  Always  in  good  spirits,  loved  and 
respected  by  all,  he  had  a  most  abundant  sense  of  humor,  and 
was  always  ready  to  hear  and  tell  a  good  story.  Even 
when,  toward  the  close,  he  was  confined  to  his  room,  he 
was  still  cheery  and  bright,  interested  in  all  the  happenings 
among  the  "  boys."  With  brave  heart  and  dauntless  spirit 
he  met  the  future  as  he  had  faced  his  every-day  lot. 

He  was  not  married.  A  brother,  Charles  M.  Burns,  is  a 
Life  member  of  The  St.  Andrew's  Society.  Mr.  Burns  was 
a  member  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church,  the  Naval 
Order  of  the  United  States,  the  Alumni  Society  of  the 
University  of  Pennsylvania,  and  the  Engineers'  Club  of 
Philadelphia. 

DR.  ROBERT  BRUCE  BURNS,  member  1882,  Physician 
1884-1896.  Dr.  Burns  was  born  in  Frankford,  Philadel- 
phia, May  5,  1815,  and  died  June  15,  1912,  at  Atlantic  City, 
N.  J.,  where  he  had  been  residing  during  his  illness. 

His  father,  Doctor  Robert  Burns,  became  a  member  of 
The  St.  Andrew's  Society  in  1856,  and,  after  serving  as 
Physician  of  the  Society  for  many  years,  was  elected  Vice- 
president  in  1880  and  was  so  serving  at  the  time  of  his 
death.  He  was  an  earnest  and  influential  member. 

His  son,  Robert  Bruce,  was  graduated  from  the  public 
schools  and  then  studied  medicine  in  the  University  of 
Pennsylvania,  and  began  practice  before  he  was  twenty-one 
years  of  age.  He  soon  gained  the  confidence  of  the  com- 
munity where  he  lived  and  built  up  a  large  and  growing 
practice,  to  which  he  devoted  himself  with  unusual  ability 
and  skill  of  a  very  high  order.  While  the  practice  of  Doctor 
Burns  was  of  a  general  character,  he  had  the  reputation  of 

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ROBERT  BRUCE  BURNS,   M.D. 

Member  1882 
Physician  1884-1906 
Died  June  15,  1912 


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being  a  very  skilful  surgeon  and  this  gave  him  a  wide  range 
of  experience. 

While  testifying  in  a  case  in  court,  Doctor  Burns  was 
stricken  with  paralysis  and  was  at  once  removed  to  the 
Pennsylvania  Hospital,  was  then  taken  home,  and  later  to 
Atlantic  City,  where  he  died. 

He  was  a  member  of  the  American  Medical  Association 
and  the  Philadelphia  County  Medical  Society.  He  was  a 
member  of  Frankford  Lodge,  No.  292,  F.  and  A.  M.,  and  of 
Siloam  Royal  Arch  Masons.  He  served  as  Physician  of  The 
St.  Andrew's  Society  1884-1896. 

The  funeral  services  were  conducted  in  St.  Luke's  Re- 
formed Episcopal  Church,  Frankford,  of  which  he  was  a 
member.  The  rector,  Rev.  William  A.  Freemantle,  in  clos- 
ing his  remarks  upon  the  life  of  Doctor  Burns,  said,  he  could 
"say  of  him,  from  personal  knowledge,  that  he  steeped  his 
mind  and  heart  in  the  truths  of  God's  word,  and  that  he 
faced  the  crisis  of  his  life  and  did  all  his  work  in  the  spirit 
of  true  prayerfulness." 

A  memorial  to  Doctor  Burns  in  St.  Luke's  Church, 
Frankford,  consisting  of  a  carved  oak  pulpit,  prayer  desk 
and  brass  lantern  is  inscribed: 

To  the  Glory  of  God 

and 
In  Loving  Memory 

of 
ROBERT  BRUCE  BURNS,  M.D. 

1851-1912 
"  He  Being  Dead  yet  Speaketh  " 

"  The  Beloved  Physician  " 
"  The  Memory  of  the  Just  is  Blessed  " 

JAMES  CARSTAIRS,  member  1813,  second  son  of  Thomas 
and  Margaret  (Hood)  Carstairs,  referred  to  following, 
was  born  in  Philadelphia,  December  9,  1789,  and  died  in 
that  city  February  3,  1875,  in  his  eighty-sixth  year.  He 
was  for  many  years  cashier  of  the  Mechanics'  Bank  of  Phila- 
delphia and  was  noted  for  his  courtesy  and  business  tact. 

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About  the  year  1834  he  engaged  in  business  as  a  wholesale 
grocer  and  ship-chandler  on  Delaware  Avenue  above  South 
Street,  where  he  had  a  large  and  profitable  business.  He 
was  an  upright  business  man  of  wide  acquaintance  and  in 
good  repute,  a  consistent  Christian,  and  a  useful  citizen. 
He  gave  much  of  his  time  to  philanthropic  objects,  being 
for  many  years  president  of  the  South wark  Benevolent 
Society.  During  the  greater  part  of  his  adult  life  he  was 
a  member  of  the  board  of  directors  of  the  public  schools  and 
filled  other  positions  of  public  trust. 

Mr.  Carstairs  married,  on  March  25,  1815,  Sarah  Britton 
Summers,  daughter  of  Andrew  Summers,  a  wealthy  banker 
of  Philadelphia  and  an  intimate  friend  of  Robert  Morris, 
the  "  financier  of  the  Revolution,"  and  his  wife  Helen 
Stewart,  sister  of  Rear  Admiral  Charles  Stewart,  U.  S.  N. 
They  had  issue,  six  sons  and  two  daughters.  Robert,  the 
youngest  son,  born  in  1841,  was  killed  at  the  Battle  of  Fair 
Oaks,  Virginia,  May  31,  1862. 

Mr.  John  Haseltine  Carstairs,  member  1909,  is  in  direct 
descent  from  the  above  family. 

THOMAS  CARSTAIRS,  member  1786.  He  was  the  young- 
est son  of  David  and  Margaret  (Fair)  Carstairs,  of  the 
parish  of  Largo,  Fifeshire,  Scotland,  where  their  five  chil- 
dren were  born.  They  were  descended  from  an  old  Fife- 
shire  family ;  one  was  an  elder  of  the  church  of  St.  Andrew's 
in  1652,  closely  related  to  the  Reverend  John  Carstairs,  of 
Lanarkshire,  a  member  of  the  extreme  Covenanting  Pro- 
testers, and  whose  distinguished  son,  the  Reverend  William 
Carstairs  (1649-1715),  was  the  strenuous  supporter  of 
the  Scottish  Church  and  intimate  friend  of  William,  Prince 
of  Orange. 

Thomas  Carstairs  was  baptized  in  the  parish  church  of 
Largo,  August  23,  1759,  and  later  learned  the  trade  of 
architect  and  builder.  He  came  to  Philadelphia  in  1780, 
and  an  advertisement  in  the  Pennsylvania  Packet  and  Gen- 
eral Advertiser,  February,  1784,  stated  that  he  had  lately 

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arrived  in  this  country,  and  that  as  an  architect  and  builder 
he  would  follow  his  profession,  "  and  had  bespoke  lodgings 
with  the  Reverend  William  Marshall  next  door  to  the  Indian 
Queen  on  Fourth  Street."  (Mr.  Marshall  was  the  first 
Chaplain  of  The  St.  Andrew's  Society,  1788-93.  His  small 
income  from  the  church  was  eked  out  by  Mrs.  Marshall 
keeping  boarders.) 

Mr.  Carstairs  married  in  Philadelphia,  September  16, 
1785,  Sarah  (Hood)  Bradford,  widow  of  Joseph  Bradford, 
to  whom  she  was  married  in  1774.  He  died  in  Philadelphia, 
July  26,  1830,  and  was  buried  in  St.  Peter's  church-yard. 
His  eldest  son,  David,  born  in  1/87,  went  to  London,  Eng- 
land, where  he  lived  some  years  with  his  uncle  John  Car- 
stairs,  a  prominent  merchant  of  that  city.  He  entered 
the  British  service,  became  a  major,  and  died  in  India  in 
1820. 

COLONEL  ALEXANDER  CUM  MINGS,  member  1858. 

Alexander  Cummings  was  born  in  Williamsport,  Penn- 
sylvania, about  1810,  and  died  at  Ottawa,  Canada,  July  17, 
1879,  while  consular  agent  of  the  United  States  at  that 
place. 

His  father,  James  Cummings,  was  one  of  the  early 
settlers  of  the  central  part  of  Pennsylvania  and  was  the 
first  mail-stage  contractor  in  that  section. 

Mr.  Cummings  married  Miss  Sarah  Yard,  of  Phila- 
delphia, where  he  entered  later  into  the  wholesale  dry-goods 
business  as  a  member  of  the  firm  of  Cummings,  Reeves  & 
Peterson.  He  remained  with  this  firm  about  five  years,  and 
then  became  interested  in  the  editorial  management  of  the 
North  American  in  connection  with  George  R.  Graham. 
Through  political  differences  this  connection  was  dissolved 
in  1846,  and  on  April  12,  1847,  Mr.  Cummings  issued  a 
specimen  number  of  Cummings'  Evening  Telegraphic  Bulle- 
tin from  1 08  South  Third  Street.  Dr.  Alexander  D.  Black- 
burn (member  1841),  for  many  years  the  fire-marshal  of 
Philadelphia,  was  city  editor.  The  title  "  Telegraphic " 

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was  introduced  in  the  name  of  the  paper  on  account  of  its 
specialty  of  telegraphic  news.  The  venture  proved  finan- 
cially successful  from  the  start. 

In  1859  Mr.  Gibson  Peacock,  whose  father  previously 
had  a  financial  interest  in  the  Bulletin,  purchased  a  one- 
third  interest  in  the  paper ;  and  a  year  later  Mr.  Cummings 
went  to  New  York  and  founded  the  New  York  World,  con- 
ducting it  as  a  daily  journal  on  evangelical  lines,  refusing 
all  advertisements  which  he  regarded  as  in  any  way  im- 
moral, but  the  venture  proved  a  financial  failure,  and  his 
interest  in  that  paper  was  transferred  to  other  parties. 

In  1869  Mr.  Cummings  founded  The  Day  in  Philadel- 
phia, but  soon  parted  with  it,  which  concluded  his  direct 
connection  with  journalism. 

Mr.  Cummings  took  a  very  active  part  in  the  organ- 
ization and  work  of  the  Young  Men's  Christian  Association 
in  Philadelphia. 

At  the  outbreak  of  the  Civil  War  he  was  appointed  one 
of  three  commissioners  authorized  to  make  immediate  pur- 
chases of  a  large  amount  of  military  supplies  for  the  use  of 
the  government.  Notwithstanding  the  high  character  of  the 
gentlemen  selected  for  this  important  work,  scandals  arose 
as  to  the  qualities  of  the  goods  purchased  and  the  prices 
paid. 

In  1863  Mr.  Cummings  organized  the  I9th  Pennsyl- 
vania Regiment  of  Cavalry,  was  commissioned  colonel  Oc- 
tober 24,  1863,  and  honorably  discharged  February  6, 
1865.  He,  however,  did  not  serve  in  the  field  with  this 
regiment,  having  been  authorized  to  organize  a  brigade  of 
colored  troops,  and  went  to  Arkansas  for  that  purpose.  He 
was  later  placed  in  command  at  Camp  Cadwalader,  Philadel- 
phia, where  soldiers  were  mustered  out  of  service. 

After  the  Civil  War,  Colonel  Cummings  was  appointed, 
by  President  Johnson,  collector  of  internal  revenue  for  the 
fourth  district  of  Pennsylvania,  and  later  Governor  of  the 
then  Territory  of  Colorado.  For  a  time  he  occupied  in 
Philadelphia  the  fine  mansion  at  Fifteenth  Street  and  Girard 

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Avenue,  later  known  as  the  residence  of  Colonel  William  B. 
Mann. 

Colonel  Cummings  had  led  an  eventful  life;  was  con- 
spicuous for  his  influence  in  the  conduct  of  public  affairs; 
and  was  upon  terms  of  the  closest  intimacy  with  many  of 
the  leading  politicians  of  both  parties  and  also  of  officials 
of  the  national  administration.  He  was  much  consulted 
in  matters  of  great  public  concern  as  a  counsellor  whose 
judgment  was  full  of  knowledge  and  wisdom.  His  inti- 
mate knowledge  of  men  and  affairs  made  him  a  delightful 
companion.  He  was  genial,  hospitable,  and  kind;  strong 
in  his  convictions  and  decided  and  pronounced  in  their 
expression. 

[Evening  Telegraph,  July  18,  1879,  et  a/.] 

THOMAS  DOBSON,  member  1791,  on  charter  of  1808. 

No  biographical  sketch  of  Mr.  Dobson  has  been  found, 
but  in  Watson's  Annals,  vol.  ii,  page  400,  it  is  stated, 
"  Thomas  Dobson  gave  the  first  impulse  to  printing  among 
us.  He  also  came  from  Scotia  [following  a  reference  to 
James  Ronaldson,  member  1795]  soon  after  the  Peace. 
Before  his  time  five  or  six  printers  used  to  club  to  print  a 
Testament,  etc." 

In  the  "  History  of  Printing  in  America,"  by  Thomas, 
Mr.  Dobson  is  referred  to  as  having  printed,  in  Philadelphia, 
"  The  British  Encyclopedia,"  "  with  large  additions,"  a 
work  in  twenty  volumes;  two  half  volumes  came  from  the 
press  annually.  The  type  for  the  work  was  cast  by  John 
Baine,  referred  to  above. 

THOMAS  DUNDAS,  member  1776.  The  founders  of  the 
Dundas  family  in  America  were  two  brothers,  James  and 
Thomas,  both  born  in  Manour,  Perthshire,  Scotland. 

They  were  of  a  distinguished  family,  noted  for  public 
service  in  the  highest  offices  in  Scotland.  These  brothers 
came  to  Philadelphia  about  1757,  and  James  Dundas  became 
an  important  factor  in  the  commercial  life  of  Philadelphia, 

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and  was  especially  active  on  the  part  of  the  colonies  during 
the  Revolutionary  War.  He  died  January  16,  1788,  and 
was  buried  at  Christ  Church. 

Thomas  Dundas,  our  member,  came  over  with  his 
brother  or  shortly  afterward,  but  soon  removed  to  Reading, 
Pennsylvania,  and  there  established  himself  in  business  and 
became  a  successful  merchant  and  a  public-spirited  citizen 
of  considerable  influence. 

He  is  recorded  in  1772  as  having  subscribed  to  an  edition 
of  Blackstone's  "  Commentaries,"  a  purchase  of  that  period 
indicating  that  he  was  a  man  of  superior  education  and  with 
a  propensity  for  legal  knowledge. 

During  the  early  stages  of  the  Revolution,  he  was 
active  in  support  of  the  colonists'  demands.  In  1774  he 
was  a  member  of  the  Berks  County  Committee  of  Corre- 
spondence. He  also  represented  that  county  in  the  Pro- 
vincial Convention  of  July  15,  1774,  which  met  in  Phila- 
delphia. The  proceedings  of  Congress  show  that,  July  n, 
1776,  he  was  voted  the  sum  of  $313.78  for  rifles  supplied 
to  Colonel  Irvine's  battalion.  The  same  year,  September  3, 
1776,  he  was  commissioned  a  justice  of  the  peace,  an 
appointment  which  gave  him  a  seat  on  the  Common  Pleas 
bench  of  Berks  County. 

During  all  this  period  there  seems  to  have  been  no 
deviation  in  his  devotion  to  the  popular  cause.  Before  the 
year  in  question  closed,  however,  certain  events  happened 
which  caused  great  indignation  and  an  emphatic  protest  on 
the  part  of  Mr.  Dundas. 

The  period  was  a  very  troublous  one.  At  various  times 
during  the  Revolution,  when  the  populace  was  excited  and 
unreasonable,  many  remarkable  and  unjust  things  were  done, 
not  only  by  the  hot-headed  populace,  but  by  their  governors, 
the  Supreme  Executive  Council,  as  well.  Thus,  many  inno- 
cent men  were  placed  under  arrest,  generally  prominent  citi- 
zens and  ex-officials,  in  response  to  popular  clamor,  for  acts 
of  commission  or  omission  deemed  inimical  to  the  struggling 
revolutionists. 

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Just  what  Thomas  Dundas  did  or  left  undone  we  do  not 
know.  The  matter  was  probably  of  no  consequence,  and  the 
action  taken  against  him  entirely  unjust  and  totally  uncalled 
for ;  as  unreasonable  as  the  arrest,  in  the  following  summer, 
of  many  of  the  leading  citizens  of  Philadelphia,  Quakers 
chiefly,  resulting  from  the  semi-mob-rule,  which  then  pre- 
vailed. To  Major  Heister,  who  had  ordered  his  confine- 
ment, Mr.  Dundas  wrote  from  the  Reading  jail  an  earnest 
protest  against  such  arbitrary  action,  and  his  release 
promptly  followed.  He  had  been  subjected  to  the  indignity 
of  arrest  and  imprisonment,  in  compliance  with  the  de- 
mand of  an  irresponsible  mob — and  this,  too,  in  spite  of  two 
years  of  devotion  to  the  patriotic  movement  for  national 
independence. 

The  high  character  of  the  man  is  shown  in  connection 
with  the  will  of  his  friend  and  neighbor,  Dr.  Jonathan  Potts, 
one  of  the  highest  officers  in  the  medical  department  of  the 
Continental  army.  In  this  instrument,  the  testator  made 
this  bequest : 

To  my  beloved  friend,  Thomas  Dundas,  100  guineas  and  my  sword 
and  pistols  as  a  small  testimony  of  my  great  regard  and  esteem,  and 
in  consideration  of  his  many  acts  of  kindness  and  friendship. 

Mr.  Dundas  appeared  at  the  probate  of  the  will  and 
renounced  the  legacy,  declaring  that  the  money  and  other 
articles  bequeathed  to  him  should  go  to  the  family  of  the 
deceased. 

His  death  took  place  April  25,  1805,  the  event  being 
thus  referred  to  in  Poulson's  American  Daily  Advertiser,  of 
May  4,  1805 : 

On  Thursday  the  25  of  April  1805,  at  Reading,  Penna.,  Thomas 
Dundas,  Esq.,  a  very  respectable  Inhabitant  of  that  Borough,  where  he 
had  resided  nearly  forty  years.  As  a  man  of  Business  and  as  a  Gentle- 
man of  sound  Understanding  and  liberal  Manners,  his  Death  may  be 
regarded  as  a  Public  Loss — by  a  numerous  Circle  of  private  Friends, 
his  memory  will  be  long  and  affectionately  cherished  for  his  Urbanity 
and  social  Virtues. 

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Mr.  Dundas  is  recorded  as  one  of  the  few  members  of 
The  St.  Andrew's  Society  present  at  the  meeting  November 
30,  1776,  when  they  adjourned  "  without  supping,  on  ac- 
count of  the  disordered  state  of  the  times." 

He  left  a  considerable  estate,  his  son  and  daughter  being 
the  principal  beneficiaries.  His  son  William  died  unmar- 
ried, and  the  daughter,  Jane,  married  July  13,  1793,  Marks 
John  Biddle,  a  member  of  the  well-known  family  of  that 
name. 

[Condensed  from  Frank  Willing  Leach's  monograph  in 
the  Philadelphia  North  American.] 

TRISTRAM  B.  FREEMAN,  member  1804.  He  was  a 
grandson  of  Sir  Tristram  Bampfylde,  of  England,  after 
whom  he  was  named  and  was  educated  as  a  clergyman. 
It  is  not  clear  when  he  came  to  America,  but  he  is  recorded 
as  a  merchant  in  Philadelphia  as  early  as  1798. 

Mr.  Freeman  was  a  member  of  a  committee  of  The  St. 
Andrew's  Society  appointed  in  1808  to  make  application 
for  a  new  charter  of  incorporation.  He  was  also  a  member 
of  the  St.  George's  Society. 

On  November  12,  1805,  he  was  appointed  official  auc- 
tioneer in  Philadelphia  by  Governor  Thomas  McKean.  His 
descendants  are  still  engaged  in  that  business. 

Mr.  Freeman  held  high  rank  in  the  Masonic  Order  in 
Philadelphia,  entered  Lodge  No.  51  in  1805,  and  was  its 
Worshipful  Master  in  1820,  reaching  the  office  of  Right 
Worshipful  Grand  Master  in  1836,  and  he  was  Grand  High 
Priest  at  the  time  of  his  death,  March  28,  1842,  then  in  his 
seventy-fifth  year.  There  is  a  steel  portrait,  by  Samuel 
Sartain,  of  Mr.  Freeman  as  Grand  Master  in  the  Masonic 
Temple,  but  no  details  of  his  life  are  recorded.  On  June  22, 
1821,  he  delivered  an  address  on  the  principles  of  Masonry. 

WILLIAM  THOMAS  GALEY,  member  1890.  Born  in  Lon- 
don, England,  May  19,  1852.  Died,  at  his  home  in  Phila- 
delphia, September  2,  1910. 

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Mr.  Galey  was  the  son  of  Thomas  W.  Galey,  who  was 
of  English  birth,  and  of  his  wife  Helen  Fairrie,  born  in 
Scotland.  Mr.  Galey  came  to  the  United  States  when  a 
young  man  and  settled  in  Brooklyn  before  coming  to  Phila- 
delphia. He  married  Miss  Sarah  J.  Holt,  of  Wissahickon, 
Philadelphia,  January  27,  1880,  and  they  had  four  children: 
William  T.,  who  was  associated  with  his  father  in  business ; 
Frank,  in  business  in  New  York;  and  Miss  Helen  and  Miss 
Theresa  Galey. 

Mr.  Galey  was  president  of  the  Aberfoyle  Manufactur- 
ing Company,  and  the  Galey  &  Lord  Manufacturing  Com- 
pany of  Chester,  and  a  partner  in  the  firm  of  Lord,  Galey  & 
Lord,  New  York. 

He  was  a  member  of  the  Union  League,  Masonic  Order, 
Sons  of  St.  George,  the  Merion  Cricket  and  the  Overbrook 
Golf  Club. 

His  sons,  Frank  Holt  and  William  Thomas,  Jr.,  joined 
The  St.  Andrew's  Society  in  1911. 

GEORGE  GOODFELLOW,  member  1889,  was  born  in 
Hawick,  Roxburghshire,  Scotland,  in  1840,  and  died  in  Phila- 
delphia, April  2,  1911. 

After  receiving  a  liberal  common-school  education  he 
learned  the  trade  of  carpenter,  excelling  in  the  science  of 
construction.  He  served  as  foreman  to  a  large  building 
corporation  in  Edinburgh  prior  to  coming  to  the  United 
States.  His  wife  having  died,  he  came  to  Philadelphia  in 
1872,  with  his  three  motherless  boys,  accompanied  by  their 
maternal  grandmother.  He  immediately  procured  employ- 
ment with  Mr.  Adam  Catanach,  a  prominent  carpenter  and 
builder  of  that  period,  and  in  due  course  of  time  started 
business  in  a  small  way  on  his  own  account.  The  oldest 
son  read  law  and  became  successful  as  a  lawyer;  the  other 
two  associated  themselves  with  their  father  in  carpentry. 

Mr.  Goodfellow  was  intensely  patriotic  and  held  at  great 
value  the  history  and  traditions  of  the  land  of  his  birth.  He 
was  a  past-president  of  the  National  Caledonian  Associa- 
tion, a  past-chief  of  the  Philadelphia  Caledonian  Club;  for 


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many  years  treasurer  of  the  Scot's  Thistle  Society,  and  past- 
president  of  the  Burns  Club.  So  great  was  his  admiration 
for  the  national  poet,  that,  at  a  banquet  some  years  ago  to 
celebrate  the  birth  of  the  poet, — a  number  of  celebrities  be- 
ing present, — a  prominent  Presbyterian  minister  was  to  de- 
liver the  oration  on  Burns.  A  great  deal  of  good-natured 
banter  was  being  exchanged  at  the  table,  and,  when  the 
"  dominie  "  had  delivered  his  address,  in  response  to  the 
toast  of  the  evening,  which  appeared  to  disappoint  Mr.  Good- 
fellow,  he  arose  and  took  exception  to  what  he  considered 
the  flippancy  displayed,  then  merged  into  a  masterly  and 
eloquent  eulogy  of  the  poet  and  his  works. 

Plodding  through  life  a  widower  for  thirty-five  years, 
he  married  the  widow  of  a  deceased  personal  friend,  with 
whom  he  improved  his  domestic  conditions  and  lived  very 
happily  until  his  somewhat  sudden  demise,  superinduced 
by  being  knocked  down  on  the  street  by  a  horse  driven 
to  a  wagon. 

Mr.  Good  fellow's  latter  days  were  somewhat  embittered 
through  depression  in  business  and  ill-health  following  his 
accident. 

On  the  day  of  his  funeral,  many  of  his  old  friends  felt 
sad  to  learn,  for  the  first  time,  how  obscure  and  humble 
were  his  environments.  A  man  possessed  of  his  qualities 
deserved  a  scene  mounted  with  more  attractions  in  the  final 
act,  but,  like  his  idol,  "  The  Poet,"  he  departed  this  life 
in  distress,  yet  his  couthie  social  and  attractive  qualities  will 
long  remain  graven  in  the  memories  of  his  many  friends  and 
associates. 

WILLIAM  GRAHAM,  member  1804. 

"  Died  on  the  29th  inst.  [May,  1823]  after  a  lingering 
illness  which  he  bore  with  Christian  fortitude,  Mr.  William 
Graham,  in  the  4Oth  year  of  his  age.  His  friends  and 
those  of  the  family  are  invited  to  attend  his  funeral  from  his 
late  dwelling  No.  10  Myer's  Court,  between  5th  and  6th 
Streets,  this  morning  at  8  o'clock." 

[Poulson's  Advertiser,  May  30,  1823.] 

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GAVIN  HAMILTON,  SENIOR,  member  1778,  Secretary 
1788-89.  Father  and  son  of  the  same  name  were  both 
active  members  and  office-holders  in  The  St.  Andrew's 
Society. 

Gavin  Hamilton,  Sr.,  was  born  in  the  same  village  in 
Scotland  as  his  kinsman  Thomas  Leiper,  Strathaven  on  the 
River  Avon,  in  Lanarkshire,  a  tributary  of  the  Clyde.  He 
was  the  pioneer  of  the  snuff  business  in  this  country,  and  it 
grew  in  his  hands  and  in  those  of  his  son,  taken  later  into 
partnership,  into  a  large  and  lucrative  business. 

It  was  on  the  advice  of  the  senior  Hamilton  that  Thomas 
Leiper  came  to  Philadelphia,  who  proved  to  be  a  most 
valuable  citizen  and  good  soldier  in  the  American  Revolu- 
tion, and,  as  was  Mr.  Hamilton,  an  active  member  and  officer 
of  The  St.  Andrew's  Society. 

It  appears,  from  an  advertisement  in  the  Pennsylvania 
Gazette,  February  22,  1775,  that  with  Mr.  Leiper,  forming 
the  firm  of  Hamilton  &  Leiper,  they  had  removed  from 
Second  Street  above  Market,  to  the  northeast  corner  of 
Water  and  Spruce  Streets,  "  three  doors  below  the  draw- 
bridge, where  they  will  manufacture  in  the  best  manner 
all  kinds  of  snuff  and  tobacco  as  usual  .  .  .  as  desir- 
able as  any  imported  from  London."  Later  there  was  a 
friendly  separation  of  interest,  and  Mr.  Hamilton  had  a 
snuff-mill  located  on  Cobb's  Creek  on  the  border  line  between 
Philadelphia  and  Delaware  counties.  On  the  ruins  of  this 
old  mill  a  cotton-mill  was  built  in  1864,  which  still  stands 
there. 

Mr.  Hamilton  lived  in  a  small  house  still  standing  on 
the  grounds  at  6oth  Street  and  Baltimore  Avenue,  West 
Philadelphia ;  the  grounds  were  purchased  by  the  Hamiltons 
in  1790  and  covered  a  large  area. 

Mr.  Hamilton  is  recorded  on  the  Treasurer's  books  of 
The  St.  Andrew's  Society  as  having  paid  £15  when  elected  a 
member,  November  30,  1778,  and  was  one  of  the  number 
who  retained  membership  during  the  Revolutionary  War, 
and  until  his  death  on  May  20,  1800. 

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The  following,  in  Poulson's  Advertiser,  of  May  23, 
1800,  was  the  only  reference  there  found  to  one  of  the 
most  active  business  men  of  his  time. 

"  Died  at  his  house  on  Second  Street  on  the  2Oth  inst., 
Mr.  Gavin  Hamilton,  Senior,  aged  83  years,  long  a  respect- 
able member  of  society  in  this  city." 

GAVIN  HAMILTON,  JUNIOR,  member  1791,  Assistant 
1792-1802,  Vice-president  1814-22.  He  was  a  partner  in 
the  snuff  business  with  his  father,  above  referred  to,  and 
succeeded  to  his  property  as  sole  heir  upon  his  father's 
death. 

During  the  lifetime  of  his  father,  with  a  view  to  mar- 
riage, he  had  built  not  far  from  the  elder  Gavin  Hamilton's 
home  a  larger  residence  of  stone,  at  6oth  Street  and  Balti- 
more Avenue  in  West  Philadelphia,  and  which,  since  his 
death,  has  been  occupied  by  the  Hoffman  family,  one  of 
whose  descendants  is  now  a  member  of  The  St.  Andrew's 
Society.  The  marriage,  however,  did  not  take  place,  and 
Mr.  Hamilton  occupied  the  house  as  a  bachelor  until  he  died. 

His  estate  included  over  250  acres.  He  also  built  a 
hunting-lodge  on  the  place,  near  Cobb's  Creek,  for  the  enjoy- 
ment of  himself  and  friends  and  for  the  accommodation, 
in  the  winter  season,  of  players  on  the  ice  of  the  old  Scottish 
game  of  curling. 

He  died  October  12,  1830,  and  Poulson's  Advertiser  of 
October  I4th  contained  this  notice: 

Died  suddenly  on  Tuesday  morning  the  I2th  inst.  at  his  residence 
in  Blockley  Township,  Gavin  Hamilton,  Esq.,  a  gentleman  eminently 
endowed  with  honour,  candour,  honesty  and  benevolence. 

The  funeral  will  pass  Market  and  Broad  Streets  this  afternoon 
at  half-past  three  o'clock,  at  which  time  and  place  his  friends  from  the 
city  are  particularly  invited  to  attend. 

The  members  of  The  St.  Andrew's  Society  are  respectfully  invited 
to  attend  as  above. 

On  October  15,  1830,  the  Advertiser  copied  from  the 
New  York  Gazette  the  following: 

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ALEXANDER  HARDING 

Member  1877 

Treasurer  1886-1910 

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In  publishing  the  death  of  Gavin  Hamilton,  Esq.,  the  Gazette  says : 
"  He  was  in  reality  a  true  Scotian,  possessed  of  all  the  amiable 
and  honourable  qualities  of  a  man.  The  latter  part  of  his  life  was 
devoted  to  literary  pursuits  in  which  he  was  aided  by  his  relatives  in 
Scotland,  who  forwarded  to  him  every  recent  work  on  the  arts  and 
sciences. 

"  The  loss  of  this  gentleman  will  be  felt  by  numerous  persons  who 
have  experienced  for  many  years  the  benefits  of  his  philanthropic 
charities." 

October  23,  1830. 

"  A  tribute  of  Gratitude  and  Respect  to  the  memory  of 
the  late  Gavin  Hamilton,  Esq.,  by  one  to  whom  he  had 
been  a  generous  benefactor." 

How  wide  is  the  breach  in  the  circle  late  round  thee 
Where  worth  in  distress  a  kind  patron  oft  found  thee 
Hospitality's  fled;  thou,  its  soul,  art  departed 
How  sad  will  thy  guest  view  thy  mansion  deserted 
There  oft  social  virtue  and  wit  entertained  us, 
Though  anxious  to  go,  yet  their  magic  long  chained  us. 


ALEXANDER  HARDING,  member  1877;  Treasurer  1886 
until  he  died,  September  4,  1910.  Mr.  Harding  was  born 
in  Philadelphia,  March  30,  1832,  the  son  of  John  Harding, 
Jr.,  and  Margaretta  S.  McAlpin,  who  were  married  in  Phila- 
delphia, April  23,  1828.  He  was  a  grandson  of  James 
McAlpin,  who  was  born  in  Glasgow,  Scotland,  and,  on 
coming  to  this  city,  joined  The  St.  Andrew's  Society  and 
served  some  years  as  Assistant,  then  as  Vice-president,  and 
at  the  time  of  his  death  in  1839  had  served  eight  years 
as  President. 

Alexander  Harding  was  educated  in  the  public  schools 
of  Philadelphia,  but  finished  a  course  in  the  select  academy 
of  the  Rev.  Dr.  Crawford.  He  entered  early  into  mercan- 
tile pursuits  and  was  for  over  forty  years  engaged  in  the 
wholesale  grocery  business.  Upon  joining  The  St.  Andrew's 
Society  he  at  once  took  an  active  part  in  its  work,  was  elected 
Treasurer  in  1886,  and  served  faithfully  in  that  position 
until  he  died.  For  a  number  of  years  prior  to  his  death  he 

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had  charge  of  the  disbursement  of  the  charities  of  the 
Society  under  the  direction  of  the  Assistants,  and  discharged 
the  trying  duties  of  that  office  with  tact  and  fidelity. 

Mr.  Harding  was  a  past  master  of  Union  Lodge  No.  121, 

F.  and  A.  M.  of  Philadelphia,  and  a  member  of  Gen.  George 

G.  Meade  Post,  No.  I,  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic. 

Mr.  Harding  was  married  in  St.  Philip's  Church  on 
June  13,  1867,  to  Miss  Sarah  Seal,  who  with  two  sons  and 
three  daughters  survived  him. 

JOHN  HAVILAND,  member  1838.  Mr.  Haviland  was 
born  near  Taunton.  England,  December  15,  1792,  and  died 
suddenly  in  Philadelphia,  March  28,  1852. 

He  studied  his  profession  in  England  with  Elmes,  an 
eminent  writer  upon  architecture,  and  in  1815,  by  invitation 
of  an  uncle,  then  Minister  to  the  Czar  Alexander,  he  entered 
the  Russian  Imperial  Corps  of  Engineers,  but,  meeting  there 
Admiral  Sonntag,  an  American,  then  in  the  Russian  service, 
Mr.  Haviland  was  induced  to  emigrate  to  the  United  States, 
reaching  Philadelphia  in  September,  1816.  He  soon  became 
one  of  the  leading  architects  in  the  United  States.  He 
introduced  the  radiating  form  of  prison  construction,  which 
he  first  applied  to  the  Pittsburgh,  Penna.,  Penitentiary. 
Later  Mr.  Haviland  designed  the  Eastern  Penitentiary  at 
Philadelphia,  which  became  the  model  for  all  subsequent 
buildings  of  like  nature.  His  plans  were  highly  commended 
by  commissioners  from  England,  France,  Russia,  and 
Prussia,  deputed  by  their  governments  to  examine  structures 
which  were  attracting  the  attention  of  the  civilized  world. 

Among  the  large  number  of  public  buildings  constructed 
from  his  plans  were  the  Hall  of  Justice,  New  York  City; 
United  States  Naval  Asylum  at  Norfolk,  Va. ;  State  Peni- 
tentiaries for  New  Jersey,  Rhode  Island,  and  Missouri; 
Deaf  and  Dumb  Asylum,  Broad  and  Spruce  Streets ;  United 
States  Mint,  Chestnut  Street  near  Broad,  Philadelphia; 
State  Insane  Asylum,  Harrisburg,  Pa.,  and  many  churches 
and  private  residences  in  Philadelphia  and  other  cities. 

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One  of  the  notable  buildings  in  its  time,  in  Philadelphia, 
of  which  Mr.  Haviland  was  the  architect,  was  the  "  Arcade," 
located  on  the  north  side  of  Chestnut  Street  near  Seventh. 
It  was  two  stories  in  height,  with  a  marble  front,  and  was 
used  on  both  the  first  and  second  floors  by  a  variety  of 
stores.  A  restaurant  in  the  basement  was  long  kept  by 
David  Gibb  (member  1836),  noted  for  years  as  a  house  of 
call  for  Scotchmen.  Mr.  Haviland  had  joined  with  Peter  A. 
Browne  and  others  in  the  building,  on  which  they  expended 
over  $170,000,  but  it  did  not  prove  a  financial  success. 

The  property  in  1863  was  bought  by  David  Jayne  and 
was  then  replaced  by  Jayne's  Hall  and  store-rooms. 

The  St.  Andrew's  Society,  at  a  special  meeting  held 
March  30,  1852,  adopted  the  following: 

Resolved,  That  The  St.  Andrew's  Society  have  suffered  a  severe 
loss  in  the  death  of  their  brother,  the  late  John  Haviland  of  this  city, 
a  valued  member  of  their  association  and  of  this  community,  a  gentle- 
man of  the  highest  professional  distinction  as  an  accomplished  artist, 
of  elegant  and  cultivated  taste,  of  large  attainments  in  science  and 
elegant  literature,  and  of  kind  and  benevolent  disposition.  This  city 
and  many  other  parts  of  our  country  will  long  exhibit  enduring  monu- 
ments of  his  skill  as  an  accomplished  architect,  whilst  the  memories 
of  his  virtues  in  social  life  will  continue  to  be  cherished  by  his  brethren 
of  The  St.  Andrew's  Society  and  his  fellow  citizens  of  Philadelphia. 

JOHN  K.  MITCHELL, 

GEORGE  YOUNG,  President. 

Secretary. 

ROBERT  HENDERSON,  member  1786.  Mr.  Henderson 
came  from  Fordel,  near  Edinburgh,  Scotland,  soon  after 
the  close  of  the  Revolutionary  War,  located  in  Philadelphia, 
and  there  later  entered  into  the  shipping  business.  On 
January  23,  1800,  he  married  Sarah,  a  daughter  of  the 
Reverend  Samuel  Jones,  a  noted  Baptist  clergyman  who 
ministered  to  the  First  Baptist  Church  in  Dublin  Town- 
ship and  other  Baptist  churches  in  the  northern  part  of 
Philadelphia  County,  for  over  fifty  years.  Mr.  Jones 
served  during  the  War  of  the  Revolution  as  Chaplain,  Sec- 
ond Regiment  of  Foot.  Mr.  Henderson  died  at  Saratoga 

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Springs,  New  York,  whence  he  had  gone  for  his  health, 
January,  1802,  and  three  months  later  his  son  and  only 
child,  Samuel  J.  Henderson  (member,  1841),  was  born  at 
"  Lynganoir,"  the  family  country-seat  near  Bustleton, 
Philadelphia. 

SAMUEL  JONES  HENDERSON,  member  1841,  the  son  of 
Robert  Henderson,  noted  above,  was  born  at  his  father's 
place,  "  Lynganoir,"  near  Bustleton,  Pennsylvania,  April 
25,  1802.  He  entered  the  University  of  Pennsylvania,  and 
was  graduated  and  received  the  degree  of  A.M.  and  was 
later  admitted  to  the  bar  and  practised  law  in  Philadelphia 
until  his  death  in  1850. 

He  was  interested  in  military  affairs,  and  was  com- 
missioned major  and  later  colonel  in  the  State  Militia.  He 
married  Miss  Mary  Potts  Wright,  a  daughter  of  Joshua 
Wright,  of  Trenton,  New  Jersey.  He  was  survived  by  his 
widow  and  four  children,  Robert,  Laura  (who  married 
Dr.  F.  Townshend  Dade,  a  Virginian,  who,  however,  served 
in  the  Northern  Army  during  the  Civil  War  as  surgeon), 
Emma,  and  Gertrude.  His  grandson,  Samuel  J.  Henderson, 
son  of  Robert  J.  Henderson,  joined  the  Society  in  1911. 

JAMES  HOGAN,  member  1909.  Mr.  Hogan  was  born  in 
Philadelphia,  September  12,  1842,  and  died  at  his  home, 
Ardmore,  Pennsylvania,  January  6,  1913. 

He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  his  native  city, 
and  in  early  manhood  was  engaged  in  the  stationery  and 
book  business,  which  had  been  established  by  his  grandfather 
and  later  conducted  by  his  father.  In  addition  to  this  work, 
Captain  Hogan  was  for  over  forty-six  years  the  general 
agent  for  Philadelphia  of  the  Cunard  Steamship  Company. 

His  father,  David  Morris  Hogan,  was  a  member  of  The 
St.  Andrew's  Society  in  1846,  and  an  uncle,  James,  in  1838. 

His  paternal  grandfather  was  born  in  Dunfermline, 
Scotland,  February  2,  1774,  and  his  grandmother  was  from 
Alva,  Scotland. 

Captain  Hogan  took  an  active  interest  in  military  affairs 

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Member  1873 

President  1892-1893 

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connected  with  the  National  Guard  of  Pennsylvania.  He 
was  an  original  member  of  the  Gray  Reserves,  and,  as 
lieutenant.  Company  C,  32d  Penna.  militia,  served  in  the 
campaign  in  the  Cumberland  Valley  preceding  the  Battle  of 
Gettysburg.  He  subsequently  enlisted  in  the  First  Regi- 
ment National  Guard  in  Company  D,  and  was  present  with 
his  command  on  every  tour  of  active  duty.  He  joined  the 
Veteran  Corps  of  that  regiment  in  1875,  and  was  for  over 
thirty  years  its  paymaster  with  the  rank  of  captain. 

Captain  Hogan  was  not  married.  Was  a  member  of  the 
Episcopal  Church,  of  the  Art  Club,  and  of  George  G.  Meade 
Post,  No.  i,  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic.  He  was  survived 
by  three  sisters.  He  was  buried  from  the  Episcopal  Church 
of  The  Saviour,  West  Philadelphia,  and  interred  with  mili- 
tary honors. 

JAMES  FERGUSON  HOPE,  member  1873,  Vice-president 
1890-91,  President  1892-93.  Born  in  Alexandria,  Dum- 
bartonshire, Scotland,  September  26,  1843;  died  in  Phila- 
delphia, June  i,  1913. 

His  parents  emigrated  to  this  country  in  1847  and 
settled  in  Philadelphia.  Here  Mr.  Hope  attended  the  public 
schools,  and  at  the  age  of  fifteen  was  employed  in  the  whole- 
sale grocery  house  of  James  Woodside.  In  1861  he  entered 
the  employ  of  Thomas  Potter,  manufacturer  of  oil-cloths,  in 
which  establishment  Mr.  Hope  continued,  rising  step  by  step, 
until  at  the  time  of  his  death  he  was  secretary-treasurer  of 
the  Thomas  Potter  Sons  &  Co.,  Incorporated,  the  business 
having  been  greatly  extended. 

During  the  Civil  War  Mr.  Hope  served  in  the  I96th 
Regiment  Penna.  Volunteers,  the  fifth  regiment  recruited 
through  the  Union  League  of  Philadelphia. 

He  became  a  member  of  the  Union  League  in  1890,  and 
later  served  on  its  committee  on  membership.  He  was 
elected  a  director  in  1895,  vice-president  in  1902-1903- 
1904.  In  1908  he  was  elected  president  of  the  League  and 
served  for  three  terms.  It  was  during  his  incumbency  that 

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the  handsome  new  extension  of  the  League  building  on  Fif- 
teenth Street  was  practically  completed  and  the  contract  for 
the  middle  section,  including  the  present  large  assembly 
hall  and  cafe,  was  awarded.  In  all  this  work,  entailing  the 
expenditure  of  a  large  amount  of  money,  Mr.  Hope's  busi- 
ness tact  and  ability  were  fully  recognized. 

Mr.  Hope  was  interested  in  a  number  of  business  enter- 
prises, a  director  of  the  Philadelphia  National  Bank,  of  the 
American  Audit  and  Appraisement  Company,  a  trustee  of 
the  Penn  Mutual  Life  Insurance  Company,  and  was  a 
representative  of  the  city  on  the  board  of  the  Philadelphia 
Rapid  Transit  Company.  He  was  a  manager  of  the  Home 
Missionary  Society,  and  a  member  of  George  G.  Meade 
Post,  No.  i,  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic. 

In  The  St.  Andrew's  Society,  Mr.  Hope  was  recognized 
as  one  of  its  most  active  members,  serving  loyally  in  official 
positions  and  on  important  committees. 

CAPTAIN  WILLIAM  M.  HUNTER,  U.  S.  Navy,  member 
1836.  The  date  and  place  of  birth  of  Captain  Hunter  were 
not  found  on  file  in  the  records  of  the  Navy  Department, 
but  the  records  show  that  he  passed  through  some  of  the 
most  stirring  scenes  in  our  naval  history,  and  always  sus- 
tained the  character  of  a  capable  and  gallant  officer. 

He  entered  the  service  of  the  United  States  as  a  midship- 
man January  16,  1809,  and,  after  service  in  the  war  with 
Great  Britain  at  home  and  abroad,  was  commissioned  lieu- 
tenant, July  24,  1813,  first  lieutenant,  July  23,  1821,  and 
captain,  February  9,  1837. 

In  November,  1826,  he  was  assigned  to  the  receiving  ship 
at  Philadelphia,  and  in  1828  was  sent  to  the  Mediterranean 
Station  to  command  the  "  Warren."  In  1832  he  was  again 
assigned  to  duty  at  the  United  States  navy  yard  in  Phila- 
delphia, and  was  transferred  in  1843  to  the  command  of  the 
receiving  ship  at  Boston. 

He  died  in  Philadelphia,  March  5,  1849,  m  his  fifty- 

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seventh  year,  and  was  buried  with  full  military  honors  in 
Christ  Church  burying-ground. 

Commodore  Charles  Stewart,  commandant  United  States 
navy  yard,  directed  the  officers  in  the  city  on  duty  to  attend 
the  funeral  in  full-dress  uniform,  and  requested  officers  of 
the  army  and  of  the  First  Division  Penna.  Militia  "  to  join 
in  paying  the  last  mark  of  respect  to  the  memory  of  a  gallant 
officer." 

A  battalion  of  infantry  and  a  company  of  marines,  with 
four  volunteer  companies — viz.,  the  National  Guards,  the 
Philadelphia  Greys,  Washington  Greys,  and  Patterson 
Guards — paraded  as  an  escort,  and  a  large  number  of  friends 
of  the  deceased,  the  reverend  clergy,  and  relatives  of  the 
family  were  in  attendance.  Major-General  George  Cad- 
walader  and  Captains  Lavalette  and  Conover,  Commanders 
Ritchie  and  Lieb,  and  Lieutenant  Lardner,  of  the  navy, 
acted  as  pall-bearers.  A  requiem  for  the  dead  was  played 
by  Breiter's  band.  The  Rev.  Dr.  Henry  F.  Morton,  rector 
of  St.  James  P.  E.  Church,  read  the  burial  service,  and  the 
battalion  fired  three  rounds  over  the  grave. 

ROBERT  GRAY  KENNEDY,  Life  member  1875.  Born 
June  18,  1850,  in  the  village  of  Barnyards,  Fife,  Scotland, 
where  his  father  was  a  Presbyterian  minister.  He  was 
educated  in  the  Edinburgh  High  School,  and  then  served 
as  an  articled  pupil  in  the  office  of  Messrs.  Peddie  and 
Kinnear  in  Edinburgh,  who  were  at  that  time  among  the 
leading  architects  in  Scotland.  Our  fellow-member,  Mr. 
John  Ord,  was  employed  in  the  same  office  as  the  junior  to 
Mr.  Kennedy. 

After  operating  on  his  own  account  for  a  short  time 
Mr.  Kennedy  moved  to  Philadelphia,  and  later  became 
senior  member  of  the  firm  of  Kennedy,  Hayes  and  Kelsey, 
architects.  He  was  one  of  the  first  to  see  the  possibilities 
of  suburban  development  and  was  largely  instrumental  in 
founding  Llanerch  and  other  nearby  towns,  and  was  also 
interested  in  building  operations  in  West  Philadelphia.  He 

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was  popular  with  members  of  his  profession  and  was  noted 
for  his  consideration  and  kindness  to  men  just  beginning 
the  practice  of  architecture. 

Mr.  Kennedy  retired  from  business  in  1905  and  re- 
turned to  Scotland,  taking  up  a  residence  at  Elie,  a  seaside 
resort  of  Fife,  in  the  neighborhood  of  his  old  home.  He 
there  died  August  I,  1913,  and  was  buried  in  the  parish 
Church  of  Kilconquhar. 

THOMAS  LEIPER,  member  1767,  Vice-president  1803- 
1813.  To  the  biographical  sketch  of  Thomas  Leiper,  page 
218,  "Historical  Catalogue"  (1907),  the  following  is 
added,  from  the  inscription  on  his  tomb  in  Laurel  Hill, 
Lot  20,  Section  8. 

THOMAS    LEIPER 

Born  at  Strathaven,  Scotland,  December  15,  1745.  Came  to  America 
1763,  settled  in  Philadelphia  in  1765.  One  of  the  organizers  of  the 
First  City  Troop  of  Philadelphia  1774.  Engaged  in  action  at  Trenton, 
Princeton,  Brandywine,  Germantown  and  Monmouth,  and  in  special 
service  at  Yorktown.  President  of  Common  Council  of  Philadelphia 
1801-05,  1808-10.  Constructed  and  operated  the  first  railroad  in 
Pennsylvania  1809-10. 

For  sixty  years  active  and  successful  as  merchant  and  manu- 
facturer. 

Honored  by  his  City  and  State  for  patriotic  services  and  unselfish 
devotion  to  the  cause  of  Liberty  and  his  Country. 

Mr.  Leiper  was  first  interred  in  the  burial  ground  of  the 
Second  Presbyterian  Church  on  Arch  Street  near  Third, 
and,  on  that  place  being  abandoned,  his  remains  were 
removed  to  Laurel  Hill,  December  9,  1867. 

ISRAEL  LUKENS,  M.D.,  member  1850.  Dr.  Lukens  was 
born  in  1810  in  Upper  Dublin  Township,  Montgomery 
County,  Pennsylvania,  and  died  in  Rahway,  New  Jersey, 
September  n,  1890. 

He  was  educated  in  the  Joseph  Foulke  School  at  Gwy- 
nedd,  Penna.,  and  practised  his  profession  until  1860,  when 

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he  retired.  He  owned  considerable  property  in  the  neighbor- 
hood of  Second  and  Market  Streets,  Philadelphia,  and  had 
an  office  in  that  vicinity.  In  1863  he  moved  to  Rahway, 
New  Jersey,  where  he  resided  until  he  died. 

The  mother  of  Dr.  Lukens  was  of  Scottish  descent;  her 
maiden  name  was  Elinor  Lewis. 

Dr.  Lukens  served  with  an  overland  party  in  California 
and  Mexico. 

ALEXANDER  LUNAN,  member  1751,  Secretary  1753, 
Vice-president  1766-67.  Mr.  Lunan  was  engaged  in  mer- 
cantile business  for  the  sale  of  European  goods,  etc.,  from 
his  store  "  next  door  to  Captain  Phillips  on  Water  Street." 

The  Minutes  of  February  28,  1767,  state,  "  The  absence 
of  Vice-President  Lunan  to  be  taken  into  consideration  at 
the  next  meeting,  being  detained  on  account  of  some  gentle- 
men from  Jamaica,  natives  of  Scotland,  whom  he  ought  to 
invite  and  introduce  for  the  benefit  of  the  institution." 

Mr.  Lunan  died  July  24,  1770. 

DAVID  ALEXANDER  MACGREGOR,  member  1902. 

Mr.  MacGregor  was  born  in  Philadelphia,  October  18, 
1883,  and  died  at  his  home  in  Lansdowne,  Pennsylvania, 
November  12,  1911. 

He  was  the  son  of  Donald  Ross  MacGregor,  of  Edin- 
burgh, Scotland,  and  his  wife  Mary  Ellen  Baxter,  of  Skipton, 
England. 

Mr.  MacGregor  was  a  skilled  decorator,  and  carried  on 
all  branches  of  the  business  of  painting  and  decorating  in 
Philadelphia  until  his  last  illness. 

He  was  married  to  Miss  Mary  J.  Cummings  and  was  sur- 
vived by  five  sons. 

Mr.  MacGregor  was  a  constant  attendant  at  the  Quar- 
terly Meetings  of  the  Society,  and,  having  a  fine  tenor  voice, 
he  was  always  called  upon  to  favor  the  members  by  sing- 
ing Scottish  songs. 

WILLIAM  MACLURE,  member  1796.     On  Charter  1809. 

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Mr.  Maclure  was  born  in  Ayr,  Scotland,  in  1763,  the  son 
of  David  and  Ann  Maclure.  He  there  received  the  primary 
part  of  his  education  under  the  charge  of  a  Mr.  Douglass, 
noted  for  his  classical  and  mathematical  attainments. 

Young  Maclure  readily  acquired  various  branches  of  a 
liberal  education,  but  preferred  the  simpler  and  more 
attractive  truths  of  natural  history. 

At  the  age  of  nineteen  he  sailed  for  the  United  States 
with  a  view  to  mercantile  employment,  and  landed  in  New 
York,  where,  having  made  satisfactory  arrangements,  he 
returned  to  London  as  a  partner  of  the  firm  of  Miller, 
Hart  &  Co.  In  1796  he  returned  again  to  the  United  States 
and  engaged  in  mercantile  business  in  Philadelphia.  Mr. 
Maclure  carried  on  business  in  his  own  name  at  Dock  and 
Pear  Streets  and  also  in  the  firm  of  Maclure  &  Robertsons 
on  Walnut  Street  Wharf,  and  at  No.  102  South  Front 
Street. 

In  1803  ne  was  appointed,  in  conjunction  with  John 
Fenton  Mercer  and  Cox  Barnet,  commissioner  to  adjust 
claims  against  France,  presented  by  citizens  of  the  United 
States  for  spoliations  committed  during  the  Revolution  in 
that  country.  This  arduous  and  responsible  trust  was  dis- 
charged with  ability  and  diligence.  During  the  few  years 
required  to  close  up  the  duties  of  the  commissioners,  Mr. 
Maclure  embraced  the  opportunity  to  visit  many  parts  of 
Europe,  collecting  objects  of  natural  history  and  forward- 
ing them  to  the  United  States,  which  from  his  boyhood  had 
been  to  him  the  land  of  promise  and  subsequently  his 
adopted  country. 

Geology  had  become  the  engrossing  study  of  his  mind, 
and  was  pursued  with  enthusiasm  and  success. 

On  returning  to  the  United  States  Mr.  Maclure  entered 
on  a  work  of  great  scientific  importance — a  geological 
survey  of  the  United  States,  unsustained  by  government 
patronage  and  unassisted  by  collateral  aids.  With  hammer 
in  hand  and  wallet  on  his  shoulder,  he  crossed  and  re- 
crossed  the  Allegheny  Mountains  not  less  than  fifty  times, 

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WILLIAM   MACLURE 

Member  1796 

(Former  President  Academy  of  Natural  Sciences) 
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covering  every  State  and  Territory  from  the  St.  Lawrence 
to  the  Gulf  of  Mexico. 

A  memoir  embracing  the  accumulated  results  of  this 
work  was  read  before  the  American  Philosophical  Society 
in  Philadelphia,  January  20,  1809,  and  published  in  the 
sixth  volume  of  that  Society's  transactions.  In  May,  1817, 
he  presented  a  final  revision  of  his  investigations  to  that 
date,  which  not  only  placed  Mr.  Maclure  among  the  first 
of  living  geologists,  but  excited  a  thirst  for  inquiry  and 
comparison  which  has  continued  to  extend  its  influence  in 
every  section  of  our  country. 

The  surveys  since  made  by  the  Smithsonian  Institute 
for  the  United  States  confirmed  Mr.  Maclure's  deductions. 
When  the  Academy  of  Natural  Sciences  cf  Philadelphia 
was  founded,  in  January,  1812,  Mr.  Maclure's  name  was 
early  enrolled  in  its  membership,  and  it  may  be  fairly 
claimed  that  without  his  aid  at  that  time  and  later  it 
would  probably  not  have  been  able  to  have  prolonged  its 
existence. 

On  December  30,  1817,  he  was  elected  its  President  and 
was  annually  re-elected  each  year  until  he  died,  a  period 
of  twenty- two  years,  much  of  the  executive  work  during 
his  absence  being  performed  by  Vice-President  Samuel  G. 
Morton,  who  succeeded  Mr.  Maclure  in  the  Presidency. 

In  1816-17  he  visited  the  West  Indies  and  explored 
nearly  twenty  of  those  islands,  and  in  1819  he  visited 
France  and  Spain  and  there  engaged  in  the  same  work  of 
research. 

While  in  Spain  Mr.  Maclure  formed  a  plan  for  an 
agricultural  college  to  instil  advanced  ideas  there  on  that 
subject  and,  under  the  approval  of  the  then  Revolutionary 
government,  he  purchased  a  large  tract  of  land  (some 
10,000  acres  which  had  been  confiscated  from  the  church) 
but  when  the  Revolutionary  party  was  overthrown  and 
the  King  restored,  Mr.  Maclure  was  summarily  dispossessed 
without  recompense,  thus  losing  all  the  material  he  had 
accumulated  for  that  benevolent  purpose.  Even  then  he 

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sought  to  pursue  his  geological  investigations  in  Spain,  but 
as  his  life  was  continually  in  danger  he  returned  in  1824 
to  the  United  States. 

Mr.  Maclure  for  a  long  time  had  entertained  plans  for 
the  establishment  of  an  agricultural  college  in  the  United 
States,  being  thus  a  leader  in  a  branch  since  so  largely 
developed.  With  this  end  in  view  he  made  inquiry  into 
the  plans  of  Robert  Owen,  the  philanthropist  and  pro- 
moter of  English  Socialism. 

Mr.  Owen  married  the  daughter  of  David  Dale,  who  had 
large  cotton  mills  at  New  Lanark,  on  the  Clyde,  Scotland, 
and  there  his  son,  later  distinguished  in  America,  was  born. 

Mr.  Owen  had  first  established  a  colony  to  work  out 
his  theories  of  profit-sharing  and  mutual  co-operation  at 
Orbiston  near  Glasgow,  and  in  1825  he  instituted  a  similar 
colony  at  New  Harmony,  Indiana,  but  both  proved  failures 
within  a  short  time. 

Mr.  Maclure,  while  not  sharing  fully  the  peculiar  views 
of  Mr.  Owen,  believed  that  his  own  plans  for  an  agricultu- 
ral college  could  be  best  carried  out  in  close  conjunction 
with  Mr.  Owen's  work  and  he  purchased  adjoining  tracts 
of  several  hundred  acres  of  land  for  his  school,  and  moved 
there  from  Philadelphia  with  his  private  library,  philo- 
sophical instruments,  and  collections  of  natural  history, 
designing  to  make  that  the  centre  of  education  in  the  West. 
In  his  "  Opinions  on  Various  Subjects,"  a  series  of  episto- 
lary essays  mostly  on  political  economy,  he  expressed  him- 
self without  reserve,  taking  positions  in  many  cases  far  in 
advance  of  his  time.  The  work  was  issued  in  three  volumes 
from  New  Harmony,  1831-1838. 

While  Mr.  Owen's  plans  were  entirely  abortive,  Mr. 
Maclure  continued  his  own  methods  of  work  at  that  place 
for  several  years  in  the  hope  of  bringing  his  school  into 
practical  operation.  He  was,  however,  much  in  advance 
of  the  time  and  was  finally  compelled  to  abandon  it.  He 
transferred  his  library,  2259  volumes,  embracing  works  in 

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every  department  of  useful  knowledge,  to  the  Academy  of 
Natural  Sciences  in  Philadelphia. 

In  addition  to  other  large  contributions  of  books  and 
specimens  (the  books  alone  numbering  over  5000  with 
many  maps  and  charts),  Mr.  Maclure  was  a  liberal  donor 
of  money,  and  it  was  chiefly  through  his  liberality  that  the 
new  Academy  of  Natural  Sciences  was  built  at  Broad  and 
George  (Sansom)  Streets,  his  contribution  in  money  at 
that  time  being  $20,000. 

In  further  pursuit  of  his  life  work  Mr.  Maclure  in  1827 
went  to  Mexico,  and  the  year  following  he  returned  in 
order  to  preside  at  the  meeting  in  New  Haven,  Connecticut, 
of  the  American  Geological  Society,  of  which  he  had  long 
been  President. 

Again  returning  to  Mexico,  early  in  1839  he  suffered 
several  severe  shocks  from  disease,  and  from  that  period 
age  and  its  varied  infirmities  grew  rapidly  upon  him.  In 
his  desire  to  reach  Philadelphia  he  had  arranged  through 
his  friend,  the  United  States  Consul  at  Vera  Cruz,  to  be 
conveyed  on  a  litter  to  the  sea-coast,  but  was  compelled  by 
illness  to  relinquish  the  journey,  and  retraced  his  steps  to 
the  country  house  of  another  friend,  a  former  President 
of  Mexico,  where  he  received  every  attention. 

He  was  again  moved  to  San  Angel,  where  he  died  on 
March  23,  1840,  in  the  seventy-seventh  year  of  his  age, 
thus  closing  a  life,  in  which  no  views  of  pecuniary  ad- 
vantage or  personal  aggrandizement  entered,  but  devoted 
with  untiring  energy  and  singular  disinterestedness  to  the 
attainment  and  diffusion  of  practical  knowledge. 

Dr.  Morton  in  his  memoir,  said  of  Mr.  Maclure  per- 
sonally "  that  he  was  singularly  mild  and  unostentatious  in 
his  manner,  and  though  a  man  of  strong  feelings  he  seldom 
allowed  his  temper  to  triumph  over  his  judgment.  Cautious 
in  his  intimacies  and  firm  in  his  friendships,  time  and 
circumstances  in  no  degree  weakened  the  affections  of  his 
earlier  years." 

[Principally  from  memoir  by  Dr.  Samuel  G.  Morton, 

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read  before  the  Academy  of  Natural  Sciences,  Philadelphia, 
July  i,  1861.  Portraits  in  the  Academy  of  Mr.  Maclure  by 
Thomas  Sully,  and  Charles  Wilson  Peale.  Reference  to 
location  of  Mr.  Maclure's  business  in  Philadelphia  added 
by  the  compiler.] 

MAJOR  JOHN  MACPHERSON,  JUNIOR,  member  1773. 

To  the  memoir  of  this  gallant  young  soldier  printed  on 
page  262  of  the  "  Historical  Catalogue,  1907,"  the  following, 
from  the  oration  by  the  Rev.  Dr.  William  Smith,  is  appro- 
priate : 

When  the  news  of  the  death  of  General  Montgomery  at 
Quebec  was  received  in  Philadelphia,  Congress,  then  in  ses- 
sion, by  resolution  desired  the  Rev.  Dr.  William  Smith  to 
deliver  a  funeral  oration  "  in  honor  of  General  Montgomery 
and  of  those  Officers  and  Soldiers  who  magnanimously 
fought  and  fell  with  him  in  maintaining  the  principles  of 
American  Liberty" 

The  services  were  held  in  the  new  German  Calvinist 
Church  in  Race  Street  below  Fourth,  on  Monday  morning, 
February  14,  1776,  that  church  having  a  large  seating  capa- 
city. The  Congress,  the  Provincial  Assembly,  the  City  Cor- 
poration, and  Officials  and  others  met  at  the  State  House 
and  proceeded  to  the  church  in  a  body. 

The  following  is  the  reference  in  the  oration  by  Doctor 
Smith  to  Major  Macpherson,  who  had  been  one  of  his  pupils 
in  the  Academy  and  College  of  Philadelphia : 

Here  ye  Pennsylvania  youths,  second  to  none  in  virtue,  let  a 
portion  of  your  tears  be  sacred  to  the  name  of  Macpherson.  You 
remember  his  generous  spirit  in  his  early  years,  for  he  drank  of  the 
same  springs  of  science  with  many  of  you  now  before  me ;  and  we,  who 
reached  the  cup  to  your  lips,  rejoice  that  it  contributed  to  invigorate 
both  him  and  you  into  wisdom  and  public  spirit.  Having  finished  his 
scholastic  education,  he  studied  the  laws  of  his  country,  under  a  lawyer 
and  a  patriot  of  distinguished  name  (John  Dickinson,  Esq.),  and  ani- 
mated by  his  example,  as  well  as  precepts,  had  become  eminent  in  his 
profession  at  an  age  when  some  have  scarce  begun  to  think  business. 

The  love  of  liberty  being  his  ruling  passion,  he  thought  it  his  duty, 


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in  the  present  struggle,  to  offer  himself  to  the  service  of  his  country, 
and  he  had  soon  an  opportunity  of  attaining  that  military  pre-eminence, 
of  which  he  was  laudably  ambitious. 

Enjoying  a  hereditary  bravery,  joined  to  a  well  cultivated  under- 
standing, and  an  active  spirit,  he  soon  became  the  bosom  friend  of 
General  Montgomery,  was  his  aid-de-camp,  was  entrusted  with  a  share 
in  the  management  of  his  most  important  negotiations,  stood  by  his 
side  in  the  attack  on  Quebec,  and  being,  as  it  were,  animated  by  one 
common  soul,  and  dear  to  each  other  in  life — in  death  they  were  not 
a  moment  divided. 

JOHN  MASON,  member  1877.  Born  in  Philadelphia, 
November  7,  1833;  died  in  that  city,  November  4,  1912. 
His  father,  John  Mason,  was  a  native  of  Ayrshire,  Scot- 
land, and  his  mother,  Martha  Aiken  Mason,  was  born  in 
Glasgow. 

He  attended  the  public  schools  of  Philadelphia,  and  in 
1855  became  connected  with  the  Farmers  and  Mechanics 
National  Bank,  and  for  many  years  before  his  death  was  the 
transfer  officer  of  that  institution,  having  charge  of  payment 
of  interest  on  Philadelphia  city  bonds  and  also  payment  of 
these  bonds  at  maturity,  discharging  the  duties  of  that  im- 
portant position  with  fidelity  which  earned  him  high  praise. 

He  was  married  on  April  28,  1857,  to  Miss  Margaret  R. 
McAllister,  and  they  had  four  sons ;  two,  James  McAllister 
and  Edward  Baker,  are  members  of  The  St.  Andrew's 
Society. 

Mr.  Mason  was  a  regular  attendant  at  the  meetings  of 
The  St.  Andrew's  Society,  and  evidently  enjoyed  mingling 
with  the  members  and  with  the  associations  connected  with 
the  father-land.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian 
Church  and  for  a  number  of  years  was  one  of  the  trustees 
of  the  Oxford  Presbyterian  Church. 

ROBERT  CAMPBELL  MAYWOOD,  member  1831,  was  born 
in  Scotland  in  1784.  Very  little  is  known  of  his  early  life 
except  his  appearing  at  the  theatres  in  Edinburgh  and  Glas- 
gow. He  went  to  London  in  1817,  and  at  the  Drury  Lane 

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Theatre  opened  an  engagement  as  "  Shy  lock."  He  came  to 
America  in  1819  and  made  his  American  debut  at  the  Park 
Theatre,  New  York,  as  "  Richard  III."  He  remained  in  New 
York,  appearing  frequently  at  the  Park  Theatre.  He  made 
his  Philadelphia  debut  at  the  Arch  Street  Theatre,  November 
6, 1828,  as  "  King  Lear,"  and  in  1832  became  manager  of  the 
Walnut  Street  Theatre  in  conjunction  with  Pratt  and  Row- 
botham,  and  on  September  3,  1833,  with  the  same  gentle- 
men assumed  management  of  the  Chestnut  Street  Theatre, 
which  he  retained  for  some  time  and  again  returned  to  the 
Walnut  as  manager.  He  once  more,  in  1834,  became  mana- 
ger of  the  Chestnut  and  Arch  Street  Theatres,  then  abandoned 
the  Arch,  returning  to  the  sole  management  of  the  Chestnut, 
where  he  remained  until  March  9,  1841,  when  he  relinquished 
the  management,  taking  a  farewell  benefit.  The  performance 
consisted  of  "  La  Sonnambula  "  and  "  Craimond  Brig." 

This  latter,  a  Scotch  piece,  was  written  specially  for  this 
occasion. 

He  was  an  excellent  stock  actor  and  in  Scotch  characters 
was  unrivalled ;  his  dialect  was  perfect.  He  evinced  powers 
of  a  superior  order  in  melodrama.  Among  old  Philadelphia 
playgoers  of  the  past  generation  Maywood's  name  was 
always  remembered  with  pleasure. 

Mr.  May  wood  died  on  November  28,  1856,  at  the  Mar- 
shall Institute,  Troy,  New  York,  of  paralysis,  of  which  he 
had  been  suffering  for  a  long  time. 

[Courtesy  of  Charles  N.  Mann,  Esq.,  from  his  noted 
collection  of  theatrical  matter.] 

A  song  by  Mr.  Maywood  in  Scottish  dialect,  sung  by 
him  at  the  Anniversary  of  The  St.  Andrew's  Society,  Decem- 
ber 3,  1831,  will  be  found  on  page  269,  volume  I,  "  Histori- 
cal Catalogue." 

There  are  repeated  references  in  the  records  to  songs 
and  stories  by  Mr.  Maywood  at  the  meetings  of  The  St. 
Andrew's  Society,  and  to  a  number  of  these  meetings  he 
was  accompanied  by  theatrical  celebrities  of  his  time. 

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A  portrait  of  Mr.  May  wood  is  in  the  noted  collection  of 
John  McAllister,  Esq.,  member  1815,  in  the  Ridgway 
Branch,  Philadelphia  Library. 

JOHN  MELISH,  member  1813.  Born  in  Perthshire,  Scot- 
land, 1771;  died  in  Philadelphia,  December  30,  1822. 

Poulsons'  Advertiser,  January  i,  1823,  has  the  following 
notice : 

Died  on  Monday  night,  the  3Oth  of  December  (1822),  Mr.  John 
Mellish,  Geographer,  in  the  fifty-second  year  of  his  age.  Mr.  Mellish 
was  a  native  of  Perthshire,  in  Scotland,  but  being  ardently  attached 
to  the  principles  of  liberty  he  emigrated  and  settled  in  this  country  in 
the  year  1809.  Since  that  period  his  labors  have  been  eminently  useful 
to  his  adopted  country.  His  works  in  the  Sciences  of  Geography  and 
Political  Economy  are  universally  known,  and  their  importance  has  been 
acknowledged  by  the  highest  characters  in  our  country. 

His  friends  are  requested  to  attend  his  funeral  from  his  late  resi- 
dence No.  209  Chestnut  Street,  on  Thursday,  January  2nd.  (1823)  at 
two  o'clock. 

The  members  of  The  St.  Andrew's  Society  and  the  Scot's  Thistle 
Society  are  respectfully  requested  to  attend. 

Appletons'  "  Cyclopaedia  of  American  Biography " 
records  that  "  Mr.  Melish  came  to  this  country  in  1809,  and 
travelled  extensively  over  the  United  States  and  published 
accounts  of  his  various  journeys,  with  comments  on  his 
experiences." 

His  works  include  "  Travels  in  the  United  States,  includ- 
ing (ocean)  Passages  and  Travels  in  Great  Britain  and 
Upper  Canada"  (1806-1811),  published  in  Philadelphia 
in  1812;  "  Description  of  Roads  "  (1814)  ;  "  A  Traveller's 
Directory"  (1815);  "Description  of  the  United  States" 
(1816);  "Necessity  of  Protecting  Manufacturers" 
(1818)  ;  "  Maps  of  Pennsylvania  and  the  United  States  "; 
"Information  to  Emigrants"  (1819);  and  "Statistical 
Views  of  the  United  States  "  (1822). 

In  addition  to  the  above,  Mr.  Melish  devoted  consider- 
able study  to  military  affairs,  as  in  1813  he  issued,  in  Phila- 


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delphia,  a  "  Description  of  the  Seat  of  War  in  North  Amer- 
ica, with  a  Map  " ;  and,  in  the  same  year,  a  "  Military  and 
Topographical  Atlas  of  the  United  States,  including  British 
Possessions  and  Florida";  also,  "  Official  Documents  rela- 
tive to  the  Operation  of  the  British  Army  employed  in  the 
Reduction  of  the  Canadas  under  Major-Generals  Wolfe, 
Amherst,  and  others  in  the  Years  1759-60,  with  description 
of  Quebec  and  Montreal,  with  Map  reduced  by  J. 
Melish." 

In  1816  he  issued  "  A  Geographical  Map  of  the  United 
States,  with  Contiguous  British  and  Spanish  Possessions, 
to  accompany  Melish's  Map."  A  third  edition  of  this  was 
printed  in  1818,  also  "  A  Geographical  Description  of  the 
World." 

The  title-page  to  one  of  his  many  books,  which  was  issued 
in  1819,  shows  that  he  must  have  been  indefatigable  in 
obtaining  information  for  the  travelling  public  of  that  day : 

The  Travellers'  Directory  through  the  United  States  of  America, 
being  a  Complete  List  of  the  Direct  Cross  Roads,  Together  with  the 
Conveyance  by  Water  throughout  the  Different  States  and  Territories, 
including  the  Connecting  Roads  and  Distances  in  Measured  Miles  From 
New  York,  Philadelphia,  Baltimore,  and  Washington  to  Pittsburgh, 
New  Orleans,  and  St.  Louis. 

Compiled  from  the  most  authentic  materials.  By  John  Melish, 
Philadelphia.  Printed  for  J.  Melish  and  S.  Harrison,  Geographers  and 
Map  Publishers,  1819. 

In  1820  he  published  a  letter  to  President  Monroe,  "  On 
the  State  of  the  Country,"  with  a  plan  for  improving  the 
conditions  of  society,  and  in  1822,  the  year  of  his  death,  he 
issued  a  pamphlet  entitled  "  Views  of  Political  Economy 
from  the  Description  of  the  United  States,"  by  J.  M.,  July 
4,  1822. 

The  numerous  maps,  books,  and  pamphlets  issued  by  Mr. 
Melish  during  the  thirteen  years  of  his  residence  in  Phila- 
delphia proved  that  he  was  an  untiring  and  ardent  worker 
and  a  close  student  of  public  affairs. 

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GEORGE  WALLACE  MELVILLE 
Rear  Admiral  U.  S.  Navy 

Member  1906 
Died  March  19,  1912 


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GEORGE  WALLACE  MELVILLE,  Rear  Admiral  U.  S.  Navy, 
member  1906. 

Admiral  Melville  was  of  a  noted  Scotch  family ;  many  of 
them  left  strenuous  footmarks  in  Scottish  history.  His 
grandfather,  James  Melville,  of  Stirling,  emigrated  to  New 
York  in  1804,  and  his  father,  the  second  son,  Alexander, 
a  man  of  great  stature,  was  nicknamed  "  Big  Sandy."  He 
was  a  graduate  of  the  University  of  St.  Andrew's.  Three 
of  his  sons  entered  the  service  of  the  United  States  in  the 
Civil  War.  George  Wallace,  the  oldest,  born  in  New  York 
City,  January  10,  1841,  was  educated  in  the  public  schools 
and  at  the  Polytechnic  Institute  of  Brooklyn.  He  served  an 
apprenticeship  at  mechanical  engineering,  and  at  the  out- 
break of  the  Civil  War,  when  20  years  of  age,  was  appointed 
a  third  assistant  engineer,  United  States  Navy,  and  assigned 
to  the  U.  S.  steamer  Michigan,  cruising  on  the  great  western 
lakes ;  later  he  was  transferred  to  the  sloop-of-war  Dacotah, 
of  the  North  Atlantic  Fleet,  participating  in  the  attack  on 
Lambert's  Point,  the  capture  of  Norfolk,  Va.,  and  clearing 
the  obstructions  from  the  James  River,  and  later  with  the 
fleet  that  covered  the  retreat  of  McClellan's  Army  to  Har- 
rison's Landing.  After  a  short  service  with  Admiral  Wilkes' 
flying  squadron,  he  was  attached,  in  October,  1863,  to  the 
U.  S.  S.  Wachusett,  taking  prominent  part  when  that  vessel 
rammed  and  captured  the  Confederate  privateer  Florida  in 
the  harbor  of  Bahia,  Brazil. 

His  career  in  the  navy  was  a  distinguished  one  from  the 
time  when  he  entered  it  as  an  officer  of  the  Engineer  Corps 
to  the  day  of  his  death.  It  was  marked  always  by  steadfast 
courage,  often  by  deeds  of  daring,  and  finally  by  many 
brilliant  years  of  service  of  the  most  important  character. 
On  every  ship  and  at  every  naval  station  where  he  served, 
he  had  the  marked  esteem  of  his  superiors,  the  respect  and 
friendship  of  his  associates,  and  the  admiration  and  confi- 
dence of  those  who  served  under  him. 

It  was,  however,  as  an  Arctic  explorer  that  Melville 
achieved  a  world-wide  fame.  He  made  three  voyages  to 

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the  Arctic  regions,  including  the  famous  "  Polaris  Search 
Expedition  "  on  the  Tigress,  the  "  Jeanette  Exploring  Ex- 
pedition," sent  out  by  James  Gordon  Bennett,  and  the 
"  Greely  Relief  Expedition  "  on  the  Thetis,  sent  out  by  the 
government  to  relieve  Lieutenant  Greely. 

In  the  Jeanette  Expedition  as  Engineer-in-Chief  Mel- 
ville commanded  the  famous  whale-boat  and  brought  out 
his  whole  crew  alive.  He  led  the  party  that  found  the 
bodies  of  Lieutenant  DeLong  and  his  companions  and 
under  his  charge  the  rites  of  Christian  burial  were  per- 
formed over  these  martyrs  to  science  and  humanity.  The 
suffering  and  self-sacrifice  in  these  movements,  the  personal 
heroism  displayed,  are  without  a  parallel  in  Arctic  history, 
and  Peary  properly  styled  him  "  Melville  of  the  Lion- 
heart." 

"  In  later  years,  his  keen  powers  of  observation,  his 
memory  of  detail,  and  his  intuitive  judgment  of  Polar  con- 
ditions enabled  him  to  suggest  many  expedients  which  have 
lessened  materially  the  labor  of  subsequent  explorers. 

"  Admiral  Melville  was  one  of  the  world's  authorities 
on  the  subject  of  Arctic  currents.  He  gave  also  early  and 
extended  study  to  the  question  of  an  inter-oceanic  canal  be- 
tween the  Atlantic  and  the  Pacific,  and  his  published  views 
on  this  attracted  wide  attention.  In  many  ways  he  was  a 
pioneer  in  the  development  of  marine  and  naval  machinery. 
His  use  of  triple  screws  on  large  vessels  and  his  early  adop- 
tion of  the  water-tube  boiler  for  naval  service  are  marked 
instances  of  this.  His  long  series  of  experiments  on  the 
comparative  values  of  the  methods  of  burning  coal  and  oil 
under  various  conditions  in  marine  boilers  is  regarded  as  the 
most  accurate  and  thorough  investigation  of  this  subject 
ever  carried  on  under  government  auspices.  As  engineer- 
in-chief  of  the  navy,  his  policy  was  one  of  wise  daring.  He 
was  ceaseless  in  his  search  and  development  of  all  that  was 
new  and  valuable,  but  his  judgment  and  mental  poise  kept 
him  from  following  new  departures  which  had  not  fully 
demonstrated  their  worth. 

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"  In  his  successful  effort  to  secure  full  recognition  for 
engineering  on  the  sea,  he  was  the  leader  in  a  far-reaching 
movement  which  has  virtually  revolutionized  the  personnel 
of  navies.  The  entire  engineering  profession  of  the  United 
States  was  stirred  to  action  by  him — a  leader  whom  they 
were  proud  to  follow — and,  in  the  end,  after  a  struggle  of 
ten  years'  duration,  when  the  Congress  officially  proclaimed 
that  the  naval  officer  of  the  future  should  be  a  fighting 
engineer,  the  honor  of  that  victory  was  primarily  and  chiefly 
his. 

"  As  an  administrative  official,  Admirable  Melville  gave 
most  valuable  service  to  his  country.  He  was  the  Chief  of 
the  Bureau  of  Steam  Engineering  for  four  consecutive  terms 
of  four  years  each,  having  been  appointed  originally  by 
President  Cleveland  and  reappointed  by  Presidents  Harrison 
and  McKinley.  Owing  to  the  tragic  death  of  the  latter,  he 
served  under  President  Roosevelt  during  the  two  final  years 
of  his  last  term.  This  long  period  covered  the  virtual  crea- 
tion of  the  new  navy,  the  war  with  Spain,  and  the  critical 
stage  of  the  passage  from  the  old  to  the  new  regime  in  naval 
engineering.  These  were  years  of  most  brilliant  service 
by  Admirable  Melville.  To  his  wide  attainments  as  an 
engineer,  he  added  great  force  of  character,  executive  abil- 
ity of  the  highest  order,  an  intense  devotion  to  duty,  and 
an  integrity  which  nothing  had  the  power  to  move.  His 
unswerving  moral  courage  made  him  a  most  forceful  factor 
in  the  rebuilding  of  the  navy.  Time  and  again  he  met,  in 
the  open,  fearless  and  often  successful  warfare,  various 
powerful  interests  which  seemed  to  him  to  be  affecting  naval 
affairs  to  no  good  end.  The  dominant  principle  of  his  life 
was  then,  as  always,  the  strongest  loyalty  to  his  country. 
Its  interests  were  his. 

"  Admiral  Melville's  record  is  without  reproach.  No 
stain  mars  his  fame.  President  Cleveland's  terse  comment 
on  his  first  report  as  engineer-in-chief ,  "  We  need  more  such 
men,"  may  well  be  echoed  now  by  the  navy  and  the  nation. 

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His  friendships  were  warm  and  enduring,  and  his  memory 
is  a  benediction  to  those  who  were  near  his  heart." 

In  1903  Admiral  Melville  was  retired  on  age  under  the 
law  for  the  navy,  and  became  associated  with  W.  H.  McAlpin 
as  consulting  engineer  and  marine  architect.  They  designed 
the  Melville-McAlpin  reduction  gear  for  turbine  engines, 
reducing  considerably  the  cost  of  operation.  Mr.  McAlpin 
retired  from  the  firm  in  1911  to  accept  a  position  with  the 
Westinghouse  Company.  Admiral  Melville  designed  for 
the  City  of  Philadelphia  an  improved  ice-boat  for  use  on 
the  Delaware  River. 

Rear  Admiral  Melville  was  a  past  president  of  the 
American  Society  of  Mechanical  Engineers,  and  one  of  the 
vice-presidents  of  the  Society  of  Naval  Architects  and 
Marine  Engineers.  He  also  served  as  president  of  the 
American  Society  of  Naval  Engineers.  At  the  time  of  his 
death  he  was  commander-in-chief  of  the  Military  Order  of 
the  Loyal  Legion  of  the  United  States,  and  a  member  of 
Gen.  George  G.  Meade  Post,  No.  i,  Philadelphia,  Grand 
Army  of  the  Republic. 

His  scientific  ability  was  recognized  by  Georgetown  Uni- 
versity, the  University  of  Pennsylvania,  Columbia  Univer- 
sity, Stevens  Institute,  Hoboken,  and  Harvard  University, 
all  of  which  conferred  honorary  degrees  upon  him. 

Admiral  Melville  was  twice  married  and  two  daughters 
by  his  first  wife  survived  him.  In  October,  1907,  he  was 
married  to  Miss  Estelle  S.  Polis,  who  died  in  1909,  leaving 
a  number  of  public  bequests  with  the  Admiral  as  executor 
of  her  estate.  Possessed  of  a  vigorous  constitution,  notwith- 
standing the  strain  of  his  arduous  services  in  the  Arctic 
regions,  he  took  an  active  part  in  public  matters,  especially 
those  connected  with  naval  engineering,  and  frequently 
appeared  before  scientific  and  other  societies  to  speak  on 
themes  on  which  he  was  a  recognized  expert. 

He  died  in  Philadelphia,  March  17,  1912,  the  day  he  was 
to  retire  from  the  position  of  president  of  the  Friendly  Sons 

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of  St.  Patrick,  and  his  funeral  was  attended  by  a  large 
number  of  prominent  citizens. 

[Records  Commandery-in-Chief,  Military  Order  of  the 
Loyal  Legion,  et  al.] 

GENERAL  HUGH  MERCER,  The  sword  of.  General  Mer- 
cer was  mortally  wounded  at  the  Battle  of  Princeton,  N.  J., 
January  3,  1777,  and  died  at  that  place  on  January  12. 
"  Historical  Catalogue,  The  St.  Andrew's  Society,"  1907, 
pages  273-279. 

The  United  States  Gazette  of  December  3,  1841,  in  an 
extended  report  of  the  93rd  Anniversary  of  the  Society, 
records  the  fact  of  the  presentation  of  the  sword  of  General 
Mercer  to  the  Society,  which  was  accepted  on  its  behalf  by 
Dr.  John  K.  Mitchell,  father  of  our  honored  past  President, 
Dr.  S.  Weir  Mitchell. 

The  letter  accompanying  the  sword,  dated  January  17, 
1841,  was  simply  signed  "  H.  Morgan,"  and  stated  that 
the  sword  was  presented  to  the  late  General  Morgan  and 
had  been  carefully  preserved  by  her  late  husband  "  as  the 
memorial  of  friendship  bestowed  by  a  brave  man  upon  his 
honored  father." 

The  Christian  names  of  her  husband  and  his  father  and 
of  her  own  were  not  given  in  this  letter,  but  the  resolution 
of  thanks  adopted  by  the  Society  for  the  presentation  named 
Mrs.  George  W.  Morgan,  and  the  name  of  General  Jacob 
Morgan  is  inscribed  upon  the  sword  case. 

Deeming  it  a  matter  of  considerable  interest  to  clear  up 
any  doubt  as  to  the  origin  of  this  valued  relic,  the  writer 
found  that  there  was  no  general  officer  named  Jacob  Morgan 
on  the  Revolutionary  rolls. 

There  are,  however,  in  the  annals  of  that  period,  repeated 
references  to  Colonel  George  Morgan  of  Princeton,  New 
Jersey,  whose  father  had  settled  there  before  the  Revolution 
on  a  large  tract  of  land  on  which  he  had  erected  a  fine  man- 
sion. Colonel  Morgan  was  appointed  by  the  Congress  in 
1776  as  agent  for  Indian  affairs,  to  visit  the  tribes  in  Western 

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Pennsylvania  and  secure  their  adherence  to  the  cause  of  the 
Colonies  in  the  war  then  pending,  and  in  this  he  was  very 
successful. 

It  seemed  probable,  as  this  Morgan  family  lived  near 
where  General  Mercer  lay  in  a  dying  condition  for  several 
days,  that  they  after  the  troops  had  departed  would  be  called 
upon  to  aid  the  wounded  officer,  and  that  thus  this  sword 
came  into  their  possession.  Correspondence  with  that  family 
(now  represented  in  Western  Pennsylvania),  after  the  first 
"  Historical  Catalogue  "  was  printed,  convinced  the  writer 
that  this  inference  was  incorrect. 

Then  the  investigation  turned  to  the  Berks  County  Mor- 
gan family,  with  better  results. 

Captain  Jacob  Morgan,  Senior,  served  in  the  Provincial 
War  against  the  French  and  Indians  in  the  same  regiment 
with  Lieutenant-Colonel  Hugh  Mercer.  A  son,  Jacob, 
Junior,  then  only  16  years  of  age,  also  enlisted  for  that  cam- 
paign in  Captain  Levi  Trump's  Company.  Mercer  was  pro- 
moted to  colonel  and  assigned  to  the  command  of  the  Third 
Battalion,  and  Jacob  Morgan,  Jr.,  was  appointed  his  adjutant 
and  was  thus  brought  into  close  confidential  relations  with 
his  chief.  This  young  man  was  born  in  Caernarvon  Town- 
ship, Berks  County,  in  1742,  and  we  have  now  but  to  identify 
him  with  the  General  Morgan  referred  to  in  Mrs.  "  H." 
Morgan's  letter. 

Westcott  in  his  biographical  notes  in  the  Sunday  Dis- 
patch, states: 

Brig.-General  Jacob  Morgan  died  at  Point-no- Point  (Bridesburg, 
Phila.),  September  17,  1802,  aged  60  years.  He  was  born  in  western 
part  of  Pennsylvania,  and  enlisted  in  one  of  the  Provincial  Regiments 
at  the  age  of  15,  and  was  Adjutant  at  the  time  of  the  Peace  in  1763. 
During  the  Revolution  he  was  a  volunteer,  and  in  the  militia  Major 
of  Col.  John  Dickinson's  Regiment.  He  took  part  in  the  battles  of 
Trenton  and  Princeton.  After  the  end  of  the  Revolution,  he  entered 
into  business  as  a  merchant.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Legislature 
from  the  County  of  Philadelphia  at  one  period.  He  was  a  Presidential 
Elector  and  voted  for  Jefferson.  He  was  elected  Brigadier  General 
of  the  County  Brigade  in  1793  and  held  the  commission  to  June  3,  1802. 

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In  this  brief  notice  we  have  the  salient  points:  Jacob 
Morgan's  service  as  a  lad  in  the  Provincial  regiment,  of 
such  merit  as  to  earn  promotion  as  adjutant  to  Colonel 
Mercer ;  later  service  in  the  war  of  the  Revolution  at  Trenton 
and  Princeton,  where  General  Mercer  received  his  fatal 
wounds ;  afterward  in  the  militia  as  colonel,  First  Battalion 
of  Associators  of  Philadelphia,  and  then  as  brigadier-gen- 
eral of  the  county  brigade.  From  1777  to  1782  he  resided 
in  Reading,  and  then  located  in  Philadelphia  to  pursue  a  suc- 
cessful business  career.  The  one  error  in  Westcott's  state- 
ment is  that  Jacob  Morgan  was  born  in  Western  Pennsyl- 
vania, and  we  are  indebted  to  Louis  Richards,  Esq.,  president 
Berks  County  Historical  Society,  for  the  record  of  his 
birth  in  that  county. 

He  was  senior  member  of  the  firm  of  Morgan,  Douglass 
&  Shaffer,  54-56  North  Third  Street,  Philadelphia,  sugar 
refiners,  and  active  in  political  and  business  life  of  the  city. 
He  was  a  man  of  high  standing  in  the  community,  and  it 
may  be  safely  assumed  that  such  a  man  would  not  wilfully 
deceive  himself  or  deceive  others  by  misrepresentation  of 
any  fact  within  his  own  knowledge. 

To  conclude  properly  a  somewhat  lengthy  search,  we 
have  only  to  locate  George  W.  Morgan  and  his  wife,  who 
signed  her  name  in  the  letter  referred  to  as  "  H."  Morgan. 
The  Aurora  of  February  10,  1797,  has  the  following  notice : 

Married,  on  Wednesday  morning  last  (February  8,  1797),  by  Rev. 
Dr.  Rogers,  Mr.  George  W.  Morgan,  son  of  General  Jacob  Morgan  of 
the  Northern  Liberties,  to  Miss  Hetty  Leib,  daughter  of  George  Leib, 
of  the  same  place. 

This  then  is  the  important  missing  link, — George  W. 
Morgan  and  "  H  "  (Hetty)  his  wife, — and  the  case  is  satis- 
factorily closed. 

The  assumption,  therefore,  as  to  Colonel  George  Mor- 
gan, of  Princeton,  in  connection  with  this  presentation,  was 
clearly  erroneous. 

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GENERAL  MERCER  AT  PRINCETON 
By  CHARLES  D.  PLATT 

Here  Mercer  fell,  with  bayonet-pierced  breast 

Facing  his  country's  foes  upon  the  field, 

Scorning  to  cry  for  quarter  or  to  yield, 
Though  single-handed,  left,  and  sore  opprest. 

He,  at  his  chosen  country's  high  behest, 
Was  sent  to  be  a  leader  and  to  shield 
Her  threatened  life ;  with  his  heart's  blood  he  sealed 

That  trust,  nor  faltered  till  he  sank  to  rest. 

Mourn  not  for  him;  say  not,  untimely  death 

Snatched  him  from  fame  ere  we  could  know  his  worth 

And  hid  the  lustre  of  a  glorious  name; 
Such  souls  go  forth,  when  fails  their  vital  breath, 

To  shine  as  beacons  through  the  mists  of  earth 

And  kindle  in  men's  hearts  heroic  flame. 

CALEB  JONES  MILNE,  Life  member  1860,  Vice-president 
1884-85,  President  1886-87.  Mr.  Milne  was  born  in 
Philadelphia,  January  4,  1839,  the  son  of  David  Milne 
(President  The  St.  Andrew's  Society  1862-63)  and 
Beulah  Thomas  Parker.  In  boyhood  he  was  a  pupil  at 
the  boarding-school  of  George  Murray  (member  1845),  a 
Scotchman,  and  well-known  educator,  whose  school  was  in 
New  Britain,  near  Doylestown,  Pa.  Later  he  attended  the 
Episcopal  Academy,  where  the  Rev.  Dr.  Hare  was  head 
master.  About  1855  ne  entered  the  office  of  his  father,  who 
was  a  manufacturer  of  cotton  and  woollen  goods,  in  which 
business  he  became  a  partner  in  1859.  In  1886  he  took  his 
two  sons  into  partnership,  under  the  firm  name  of  C.  J.  Milne 
&  Sons. 

During  the  Civil  War,  1862-63,  he  closed  his  mill,  then 
known  as  The  Real  Caledonia  Factory,  which  occupied  the 
present  site  of  the  Polyclinic  Hospital,  on  Lombard  Street 
near  i8th  Street,  and  engaged  actively  in  the  work  of  the 
United  States  Christian  Commission.  Valuable  services 
were  rendered  by  him  at  Falmouth,  Va.,  City  Point,  Va., 

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Member  1860 

President  1886-1887 

Died  in  London,  England,  July  i,  1912 


Biographies  of  Deceased  Members 

Nashville,  Tenn.,  and  at  other  places,  in  caring  for  the  sick 
and  wounded  soldiers,  both  in  the  field  and  in  the  hospital. 
Toward  the  close  of  the  Civil  War  his  energies  were  again 
directed  to  the  promotion  and  enlargement  of  his  textile 
interests,  which  thereafter  constantly  increased.  In  conse- 
quence he  acquired  a  mill  at  2ist  and  Naudain  Streets,  and 
in  1883  he  leased  one  of  the  Bruner  Mills  at  22d  and  Hamil- 
ton Streets,  and  also  a  mill  in  Frankford.  In  1887  all  his 
textile  interests  were  centralized  on  the  Brandywine  Creek 
near  Wilmington,  Delaware,  in  what  were  then  known  as 
the  Brandywine  Cotton  Mills,  continuing  there  until  1895, 
when  he  removed  his  business  to  Philadelphia,  to  occupy  the 
building,  at  nth  Street  and  Washington  Avenue,  which  he 
had  built  on  the  ground  formerly  occupied  by  the  Macpelah 
Cemetery. 

His  activity  in  commercial  life  led  him  to  invest  in 
numerous  industrial,  mercantile,  and  financial  corporations, 
in  some  of  which  he  assisted  in  the  management.  He  served 
as  president  of  the  American  District  Telegraph  Company 
and  was  also  president  for  many  years  of  the  Peerless  Brick 
Company  of  Philadelphia.  This  company  was  noted  for 
the  excellence  of  its  pressed  bricks  and  ornamental  shapes, 
which  it  manufactured  on  a  large  plot  of  ground  (68  acres 
in  extent)  at  Old  York  Road  and  Nicetown  Lane.  The 
ground  is  now  occupied  by  the  offices  and  car-barns  of  the 
Philadelphia  Rapid  Transit  Company.  He  was  one  of  the 
founders  of  the  United  Security  Life  Insurance  and  Trust 
Company  of  Pennsylvania,  and  about  1872  he  assisted  in 
organizing  the  Bank  of  America,  of  which  he  was  president. 
He  was  an  active  director  of  the  American  Security  and 
Trust  Company  of  Washington,  D.  C.  Through  his  mer- 
cantile interests  he  became  identified  with  Finch,  Van  Slyck 
&  McConville,  of  St.  Paul,  Minn.,  the  leading  wholesale  dry- 
goods  firm  of  the  Northwest,  in  which  company  he  was  a 
director. 

Mr.  Milne  was  closely  identified  with  many  charitable  in- 
stitutions. He  was  one  of  the  incorporators  and  president 

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of  the  Pennsylvania  Working  Home  for  Blind  Men,  the 
original  institution  of  its  kind  in  the  United  States ;  a  trustee 
for  thirty-six  years  of  the  Pennsylvania  Institution  for  the 
Deaf  and  Dumb;  a  manager  of  the  Howard  Hospital  for 
forty  years;  and  he  was  also  at  one  time  president  of  the 
Southern  Home  for  Destitute  Children.  He  was  a  trustee 
of  the  Hahnemann  Hospital  and  of  the  Philadelphia  Home 
for  Incurables.  While  president  of  the  Pennsylvania  Prison 
Society  in  1889,  he  was  appointed  by  Governor  Beaver  one 
of  the  State  inspectors  of  the  Eastern  Penitentiary,  and  the 
same  year  he  was  appointed  a  commissioner  to  represent 
the  State  of  Pennsylvania  at  the  Universal  Exposition  held 
in  Paris.  In  1894  Governor  Robert  E.  Pattison  appointed 
him  a  delegate-at-large  to  represent  the  Commonwealth  at 
the  Prison  Congress  held  in  the  City  of  St.  Paul,  Minn. 
Generous  and  liberal,  his  gifts  to  the  benevolent  and  chari- 
table institutions  were  many.  Most  of  his  donations  were 
unknown  except  to  the  recipients.  There  are  records  of  free 
beds  in  perpetuity  having  been  established  by  him  in  the 
following  hospitals : 

The  Hahnemann,  the  Medico-Chirurgical,  the  Pennsyl- 
vania, the  Polyclinic,  the  Presbyterian,  and  in  the  Philadel- 
phia Home  for  Incurables. 

For  nearly  forty  years  he  was  a  member  and  a  liberal 
contributor  to  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  of  the  Holy 
Trinity,  I9th  and  Walnut  Streets. 

His  membership  in  social,  patriotic,  and  other  organiza- 
tions included  the  Union  League,  Rittenhouse  Club,  Art 
Club,  Penn  Club  (at  one  time  a  director),  Corinthian  Yacht 
Club,  Metropolitan  Club  of  Washington,  D.  C,  Historical 
Society  of  Pennsylvania,  Genealogical  Society,  Academy  of 
Natural  Sciences,  Numismatic  and  Antiquarian  Society,  New 
England  Society,  Society  of  Sons  of  the  Revolution,  Colonial 
Society  of  Pennsylvania  (of  which  he  was  a  Councillor), 
Albion  Society,  Pennsylvania  Society  of  New  York,  and 
he  was  a  member  of  Union  Lodge  No.  121,  F.  and  A.  M., 
and  a  32d  degree  Mason. 

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Mr.  Milne  took  a  deep  interest  in  all  that  concerned  the 
advancement  of  The  St.  Andrew's  Society,  both  in  its  chari- 
table work  and  in  its  social  meetings.  As  an  evidence  of 
this,  in  October,  1883,  he  donated  $1000  to  the  Supper 
Fund,  and  on  February  28,  1906,  Mr.  Milne  offered  to 
donate  to  the  Supper  Fund  a  sum  equal  to  that  subscribed 
by  other  members  up  to  $5000.  The  Society  contributed 
toward  this  fund  $1258,  which  with  Mr.  Milne's  gift  added 
the  sum  of  $2516  to  the  Supper  Fund.  It  was  his  desire  that 
the  expense  occasioned  by  the  social  gatherings  should  never 
encroach  upon  the  Charity  Fund  of  the  Society.  Again, 
on  February  28,  1910,  he  offered  to  make  a  donation  of 
$500  to  the  Supper  Fund  if  the  members  contributed  $1000. 
This  sum  was  obtained  before  the  meeting  of  October  3ist 
of  that  year,  and  thus  a  further  increase  was  made  to  this 
fund.  He  contributed  also  $100  towards  the  restoration  of 
lona  Cathedral  in  Scotland. 

When  the  "  Historical  Catalogue  of  1907  "  of  the  Society 
was  completed,  it  was  found  that  it  had  expanded  much 
beyond  the  original  expectations.  Mr.  Milne  then  gener- 
ously contributed  $900  toward  the  expense  of  publishing. 

When  the  Society  relinquished  to  the  Scot's  Thistle 
Society  its  interest  in  the  burial  lot  held  in  common  in  Mt. 
Moriah  Cemetery,  Mr.  Milne  presented  to  the  Society,  in 
1905,  a  fine  burial  lot  in  Woodlands  Cemetery,  on  which 
the  present  granite  monument  was  erected. 

In  1888  he  entertained  the  Society  at  his  country-seat, 
"  Roslyn  Manor,"  School  House  Lane,  Germantown.  This 
place  contains  nearly  fifty  acres  and  is  beautifully  situated 
on  the  Wissahickon. 

From  the  foregoing  it  may  be  inferred  that  Mr.  Milne 
had  a  deep  love  for  The  St.  Andrew's  Society. 

In  1858  he  married  Sarah  Margaretta  Shea,  daughter 
of  John  Shea  and  Susanna  Barbara  Wolff,  of  Pittsburgh, 
Pa.,  who  died  July  13,  1896.  By  her  he  had  two  sons, 
David  2d,  Life  member  1887,  Vice-president  1894-97,  and 

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President  1898-99,  and  Caleb  Jones,  Jr.,  Life  member  1887, 
and  now,  1912-14,  Vice-president. 

An  extensive  traveller,  he  had  crossed  the  Atlantic  Ocean 
nineteen  times  and  had  spent  much  time  in  Europe.  One 
of  the  results  was  the  rare  and  valuable  collection  of  paint- 
ings and  bric-a-brac  that  adorned  his  town  house  at  2030 
Walnut  Street. 

When  in  London,  on  June  30,  1912,  he  was  struck  by 
a  taxicab  at  Trafalgar  Square,  and  was  so  seriously  injured 
that  he  died  the  following  day  at  Charing  Cross  Hospital. 
After  his  remains  were  brought  to  the  United  States,  services 
were  held  on  July  13,  1912,  at  his  former  country-place, 
"  Roslyn  Manor,"  and  interment  was  made  in  his  burial  lot 
at  West  Laurel  Hill  Cemetery. 

FRANCIS  FORBES  MILNE,  member  1860,  was  born  in 
Philadelphia,  April  6,  1837;  died  at  his  residence,  1714 
Spruce  Street,  in  Philadelphia,  April  12,  1912,  and  was 
buried  in  the  family  vault  in  North  Laurel  Hill  Cemetery. 
In  boyhood  he  attended  the  Episcopal  Academy  when  Dr. 
Hare  was  head  master. 

On  June  30,  1859,  he  and  his  brothers,  James  and 
Caleb  J.,  succeeded  their  father,  David  Milne,  in  the  business 
of  manufacturing  cotton  and  woollen  goods,  under  the  firm 
name  of  Milne  Brothers.  The  business  had  been  established 
in  1830.  In  1868  he  retired  from  business,  and  afterward 
was  not  engaged  in  mercantile  affairs. 

On  September  26,  1863,  he  married  Maria  Sheppard 
Dodson,  who  died  July  25,  1864.  On  June  9,  1870,  he  mar- 
ried Annie  Clyde,  daughter  of  the  late  Thomas  Clyde  of 
Philadelphia.  His  widow,  two  sons,  Clyde  and  Francis 
Forbes  Milne,  Jr.,  and  one  daughter,  Mrs.  Harry  Bartol 
Brazier,  survive  him. 

He  was  a  member  of  the  Union  League,  and  in  1865 
joined  the  Masonic  Order,  Union  Lodge  No.  121.  He  asso- 
ciated himself  with  the  Academy  of  Natural  Sciences  in 
order  to  pursue  microscopical  studies,  and  was  prominent 

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in  the  Philadelphia  Photographic  Society,  with  which  he 
was  long  identified.  He  was  active  likewise  in  charitable 
work  and  institutions. 

REV.  ALEXANDER  MURRAY,  D.D.,  member  1790. 

The  Reverend  Alexander  Murray,  briefly  referred  to  in 
volume  I,  "  History  of  The  St.  Andrew's  Society,"  was  born 
in  Scotland  in  1727  and  was  educated  in  King's  College, 
Aberdeen.  After  his  ordination  to  the  ministry,  he  was 
induced,  it  appears,  by  the  Rev.  William  Smith,  who  was 
a  graduate  of  the  same  college  and  who  was  then  on  a  visit 
to  England  in  the  interest  of  the  Academy  and  College  of 
Philadelphia,  to  come  to  Pennsylvania  under  an  appointment 
by  the  Society  for  Propagating  the  Gospel  in  Foreign  Parts. 
Mr.  Murray  arrived  in  this  country  in  1 763  and  immediately 
began  his  ministry  at  Reading,  Pennsylvania. 

His  ecclesiastical  views  were  of  a  very  decided  character 
and  his  work  as  a  missionary  extensive.  He  laid  the  foun- 
dations of  St.  Mary's  Church  at  Reading,  where  the  people 
were  most  desirous  for  the  continuance  of  his  ministry.  He 
also  had  charge  of  the  parish  of  St.  Gabriel,  Morlatton, 
opposite  Norristown,  and  of  those  at  Birdsboro  and  at  Doug- 
lasville,  Berks  County,  Pennsylvania. 

During  the  agitation  which  existed  previous  to  the  War 
for  Independence,  Dr.  Murray  sympathized  strongly  with 
the  colonies,  and  in  1775  with  a  number  of  other  clergymen 
signed  a  paper  praying  "  for  some  method  of  conciliation 
and  satisfaction  of  a  reasonably  discontented  people." 

When,  however,  separation  became  an  accomplished  fact, 
he  refused  to  discontinue  prayers  for  the  royal  family, 
considering  himself  bound  by  his  oath  to  the  Crown,  and 
because  of  this  he  was  threatened  with  some  violence.  In 
1778  he  sailed  for  London,  and  continued  to  reside  there 
during  the  Revolutionary  War. 

Being  always  a  strong  advocate  for  an  Episcopal  Church 
in  the  colonies,  he  used  his  influence  with  the  Archbishop  of 
Canterbury  in  asking  for  the  consecration  of  bishops  in  the 

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United  States.  He  maintained  correspondence  with  the 
Rev.  William  White,  D.D.,  and  the  Rev.  Dr.  Smith,  com- 
municating the  conditions  under  which  consecration  would 
be  administered.  His  advice  and  influence  contributed  to 
that  end  and  deserved  honorable  mention  and  grateful  re- 
membrance, resulting,  as  it  did,  in  the  consecration  of 
Bishops  William  White  of  Pennsylvania  and  Samuel  Pro- 
voost  of  New  York,  in  the  chapel  of  Lambeth  Palace, 
London,  February  4,  1787. 

In  1790  Dr.  Murray  returned  to  Philadelphia,  and  con- 
tinued to  reside  there  until  his  death,  September  14,  1793. 
By  his  will  he  left  directions  to  found  bursaries  in  connec- 
tion with  the  university  at  which  he  graduated. 

In  volume  iii,  page  187,  2d  series,  Pennsylvania  Archives, 
there  is  recorded  a  petition  from  Dr.  Murray  to  the  Supreme 
Executive  Council  of  the  State  for  permission  to  sell  the 
real  estate  belonging  to  the  above-named  society,  "  as  the 
Act  of  Congress  declaring  the  Thirteen  Colonies  Independ- 
ent of  Great  Britain  made  it  necessary  to  discontinue  its 
missionaries  in  these  parts  and  employ  them  in  others." 
The  memorial  is  endorsed,  "  Ordered  that  it  be  granted." 

Dr.  Murray  was  buried  in  Christ  Church-yard,  and  the 
inscription  on  the  tombstone  over  his  grave  (recorded  page 
297,  volume  I,  "  Hist.  Catalogue,  The  St.  Andrew's 
Society  ")  may  be  here  repeated: 

Born  in  North  Britain ;  educated  in  King's  College, 
Aberdeen;  departed  this  life  September  14,  1793. 

"  A  truly  honest  Man, 
Reader  who  e'er  thou  art, 
Strive  to  attain  this   Character." 


"A  Wit's  a  feather,  and  a  Chiefs  a  rod; 
An  honest  Man's  the  noblest  work  of  God." 

[Memoir  by  Rev.  John  A.  Childs,  D.D.,  Penna.  Archives 
et  a/.] 

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GEORGE  MURRAY,  member  1845.  Mr-  Murray  was  born 
in  the  parish  of  Keith,  Bannf,  Scotland,  February  20,  1781, 
the  son  of  George  and  Margaret  Wilson  Murray,  of  that 
place.  He  died  in  Doylestown,  Penna.,  August  22,  1876, 
at  the  age  of  95  years  and  six  months. 

When  scarcely  out  of  his  teens  he  was  graduated  from 
Marischal  College,  Aberdeen,  and  then  taught  for  a  while 
in  a  private  family  in  the  Highlands.  In  1804  ne  came  to 
America  and  landed  in  Quebec,  and,  after  remaining  a  few 
days  there,  went  to  Albany,  New  York,  walking  most  of 
the  way,  as  transportation  was  very  limited.  He  then 
proceeded  to  New  York  City  on  a  sloop,  requiring  two  days 
for  the  trip.  He  later  located  at  Basking-Ridge  near  Mor- 
ristown,  New  Jersey,  where  he  began  teaching  school,  in 
which  occupation  he  was  to  attain  a  high  rank. 

He  taught  schools  in  various  places  in  Bucks  County, 
Penna.,  from  1807,  moving  to  Doylestown  in  1820  or  1821, 
where  he  was  a  teacher  in  Union  Academy  until  1829,  when 
he  established  a  private  school,  which  soon  gained  an  ex- 
tended reputation.  Pupils  came  from  all  settled  portions 
of  the  country,  from  the  New  England  States  on  the  east 
and  as  far  south  as  New  Orleans,  from  Canada,  and  even 
from  the  Danish  island  of  St.  Thomas.  Mr.  Caleb  J.  Milne, 
of  The  St.  Andrew's  Society,  was  one  of  his  scholars.  In 
1850  Mr.  Murray  concluded  to  give  up  teaching  and  retire 
to  his  farm,  having  spent  50  years  as  teacher  in  Scotland  and 
this  country. 

He  was  a  man  of  splendid  mental  attainments,  a  thor- 
ough linguist,  a  profound  mathematician,  a  man  of  wide 
general  information  and  broad  culture.  He  was  also  a  beau- 
tiful penman,  being  scrupulously  correct  in  composition  and 
writing.  He  had  an  attractive  personality,  which,  added  to 
a  fine  sense  of  humor,  made  him  delightfully  companion- 
able with  the  learned. 

When  the  Daguerre  process  of  taking  likenesses  was 
introduced  into  the  United  States,  Murray  and  three  com- 
panions travelled  to  Philadelphia,  and  their  daguerrotypes 
were  among  the  first  taken  here  by  that  process. 

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Mr.  Murray  was  twice  married.  His  first  wife  was 
Parmelia  Brown,  by  whom  he  had  two  children,  daughters. 
His  second  wife  was  Rebecca  Potts,  of  Southampton,  who 
died  February  5,  1863.  There  were  six  children  by  this 
marriage. 

Mr.  Murray  was  an  active  member  of  the  Baptist  church. 

[Doylestown  Democrat,  August  31,  1908.] 

COLONEL  CARSWELL  MCCLELLAN,  member  1865,  was 
the  second  son  of  Dr.  Samuel  McClellan,  of  Philadelphia, 
and  his  wife  Margaret  Carswell  Ely,  and  a  brother  of  Dr. 
Ely  McClellan,  referred  to,  page  240,  "  Hist.  Catalogue, 
The  St.  Andrew's  Society"  (1907). 

He  was  born  in  Philadelphia,  December  3,  1835,  and 
died  in  St.  Paul,  Minnesota,  March  6,  1892. 

After  a  year  at  the  University  of  Pennsylvania,  Colonel 
McClellan  entered  Williams  College,  and  was  graduated  in 
1855,  receiving  the  degree  of  A.M.  in  1858.  He  became  a 
noted  civil  engineer,  being  identified  with  railroad  construc- 
tion and  operation  in  the  Western  States  and  in  Brazil. 
After  the  outbreak  of  the  Civil  War  he  was  commissioned 
second  lieutenant,  Thirty-second  New  York  Infantry,  May 
7,  1862;  captain  and  assistant  adjutant-general  of  volun- 
teers, October  i,  1862;  brevet  major  and  lieutenant-colonel 
U.  S.  Volunteers,  March  13,  1865,  "  for  gallant  and  meri- 
torious services  during  the  war."  He  served  on  the  staff 
of  General  Andrew  A.  Humphreys,  and  participated  in  the 
battles  of  Malvern  Hill,  Fredericksburg,  Chancellorsville, 
Gettysburg,  etc.,  being  wounded  both  at  Malvern  Hill  and 
Gettysburg.  He  was  taken  prisoner  in  the  fight  for  the 
Weldon  Railroad,  August  19,  1864;  paroled  and  honorably 
discharged  November  16,  1864.  He  married  Annie  Davis, 
daughter  of  Vines  Davis,  of  Collinsville,  Illinois. 

At  the  time  of  his  death  he  was  engaged  in  writing  a  his- 
tory of  the  Third  Corps,  Army  of  the  Potomac.  As  a  writer 
he  wielded  a  strong,  graceful,  and  polished  pen. 

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GEORGE  B.  McCLELLAN,  M.D. 

Member  1911 
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PROF.  GEORGE  MCCLELLAN,  M.D.,  member  1911.  Dr. 
McClellan  was  born  in  Philadelphia,  October  29,  1849,  an^ 
died  in  that  city,  after  a  short  illness,  on  March  29,  1913. 

He  had  a  notable  ancestry,  dating  back  to  Colonial  times. 
General  George  B.  McClellan,  for  a  time  commander  of  the 
Union  forces  during  the  Civil  War,  was  his  uncle ;  the  for- 
mer Mayor  of  New  York  of  the  same  name  was  his  cousin; 
Dr.  George  McClellan,  who  founded  Jefferson  College  in 
1825,  was  his  grandfather,  and  his  father  was  Dr.  John 
Hill  Brinton  McClellan,  also  a  noted  physician;  General 
Samuel  McClellan,  of  Woodstock,  Conn.,  a  bosom  friend  of 
Washington,  was  his  great-great-grandfather. 

Dr.  McClellan  entered  the  department  of  Arts  at  the 
University  of  Pennsylvania  in  1865,  and  left  there  in  his 
senior  year  to  matriculate  at  the  Jefferson  College,  from 
which  he  graduated  as  M.D.  in  1870.  He  at  once  began 
the  practice  of  his  profession,  devoting  himself  to  general 
surgery. 

In  1872  he  went  abroad  and  pursued  his  studies  in  the 
great  hospitals  of  Paris,  Berlin,  Vienna,  London,  and  Edin- 
burgh. Upon  his  return  he  was  successively  elected  surgeon 
to  the  Howard  Hospital,  the  Philadelphia  General  Hospital, 
and  the  St.  Joseph's  Hospital. 

Dr.  McClellan  began  his  career  as  a  teacher  at  the  Penn- 
sylvania School  of  Anatomy  and  Surgery,  established  by  him 
in  1 88 1,  where  he  taught  for  twelve  years  and  first  developed 
his  talent  for  free-hand  drawing,  with  which  he  illustrated 
his  lectures.  This  talent,  his  anatomical  knowledge  and  love 
of  art,  led  to  his  election  as  professor  of  anatomy  and  art 
at  the  Pennsylvania  Academy  of  Fine  Arts,  where  he  lec- 
tured for  twenty-three  years.  In  1906  he  was  elected  to 
the  chair  of  applied  anatomy  at  the  Jefferson  College,  which 
professorship  he  held  at  the  time  of  his  death. 

His  book  on  Regional  Anatomy,  unique  in  the  field  of 
anatomical  writings,  passed  through  four  editions,  and  was 
translated  into  French  and  passed  through  two  editions  in 
Paris. 

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Dr.  McClellan  employed  photography  in  the  illustration 
of  his  work  on  anatomy. 

Besides  his  books  on  Regional  Anatomy  and  Anatomy  in 
its  Relation  to  Art,  he  wrote  the  "  Anatomy  of  Children  " 
in  Keating's  "  Encyclopaedia  of  the  Diseases  of  Children," 
and  such  other  scientific  papers  as  A  Study  of  the  Effects 
of  Shock,  the  Repair  of  Wounds,  etc.,  and  on  practical  sur- 
gical subjects  as  the  Treatment  of  Carbuncle  by  the  Sponge 
Dressing  and  Pressure,  and  the  Uses  of  the  Antiseptic  Moist 
Sponge  Dressing  in  Amputations  of  the  Joints.  He  also  in- 
vented a  valuable  surgical  needle.  In  miscellaneous  writing 
he  produced  a  number  of  papers  on  various  subjects,  an 
amusing  sketch,  among  others,  of  the  life  of  George  Fred- 
erick Cooke,  the  actor  (whose  skull  had  been  presented  to 
him  by  the  famous  Dr.  Francis),  called  "  The  Strolling  of 
a  Player's  Head,"  a  life  of  Dr.  Physick,  and  a  short  biogra- 
phy of  his  own  grandfather. 

Besides  holding  the  chairs  of  anatomy  at  the  Academy  of 
Fine  Arts  and  at  Jefferson  Medical  College,  Dr.  McClellan 
was  a  member  of  the  Association  of  American  Anatomists, 
of  the  Academy  of  Natural  Sciences,  of  the  Academy  of  Sur- 
gery, of  the  Medical  Club  of  Philadelphia,  of  the  University 
Club,  the  Contemporary  Club,  vice-president  of  the  Philo- 
biblon  Club,  consulting  surgeon  to  the  Howard  Hospital, 
and  lecturer  on  anatomy  at  the  Pennsylvania  School  of 
Anatomy  and  Surgery. 

He  died  after  a  three  days'  illness,  retaining  conscious- 
ness and  the  use  of  all  his  faculties  to  the  end.  The  large 
attendance  of  students  at  his  funeral  was  the  best  evidence 
of  their  appreciation  of  him,  and  the  representative  men  in 
all  walks  of  life  who  filled  the  church  attested  the  high 
respect  in  which  he  was  held.  The  loss  of  such  a  man  is 
indeed  to  be  deplored. 

In  1873  Dr.  McClellan  married  Miss  Harriet  Hare, 
daughter  of  Robert  Harford  Hare  and  Catharine  Fleming, 
and  granddaughter  of  Dr.  Robert  Hare,  also  a  noted 
physician. 

[Copied  in  part  from  sketch  by  Mrs.  Franklin  Q.  Brown.] 

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JAMES  McCREA 
(Former  President  Pennsylvania  R.  R.  Co.) 

Member  1907 
Died  March  28,  1913 


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JAMES  McCREA,  member  1907.  Mr.  McCrea  was  born 
in  Philadelphia,  May  I,  1848,  and  died  at  his  home,  Ard- 
more,  Penna.,  March  28,  1913.  He  was  the  son  of  Dr. 
James  Alexander  and  Ann  B.  Foster  McCrea  and  a  de- 
scendant of  one  of  the  oldest  families  in  Pennsylvania.  His 
first  American  ancestor,  whose  name  he  bore,  came  to  this 
State  in  1776  from  Londonderry,  Ireland,  as  a  representa- 
tive of  one  of  the  leading  foreign  banking  institutions,  and 
immediately  took  front  rank  as  a  financier.  On  Irish  soil 
the  McCrea  family  goes  back  five  generations  to  the  historic 
clan  McRea  of  Scotland.  Mr.  McCrea  wore  their  coat-of- 
arms  engraved  on  the  seal  of  a  finger-ring. 

The  future  president  of  the  Pennsylvania  Railroad 
received  his  early  training  at  the  school  of  the  Rev.  John 
W.  Faries,  D.D.,  and  the  Pennsylvania  Polytechnic  College, 
being  graduated  from  the  latter  institution  with  the  degree 
of  civil  engineer.  He  began  his  railway  service  in  1865,  as 
rodman,  then  was  made  assistant  engineer  of  the  Connells- 
ville  and  Southern  Pennsylvania  Railroad.  In  1867,  he  was 
transferred  to  engineering  work  in  the  construction  of  the 
Wilmington  and  Reading  Railroad.  The  following  year  he 
was  engaged  as  assistant  engineer  on  the  Allegheny  Valley 
Railroad. 

Mr.  McCrea  entered  the  service  of  the  Pennsylvania  Rail- 
road in  1871  as  principal  assistant  engineer  in  the  construc- 
tion department,  where  his  work  won  almost  instant  recog- 
nition because  of  its  accuracy  and  the  ready  knowledge  of 
the  young  engineer.  His  advancement  was  rapid  to  places 
of  responsibility  requiring  executive  ability.  He  was 
appointed  assistant  engineer  of  maintenance  of  way  of  the 
Philadelphia  Division  August  i,  1874;  promoted  to  the 
superintendency  of  the  Middle  Division  on  January  i,  1875, 
then  advanced  to  the  position  of  superintendent  of  the  New 
York  Division  October  15,  1878. 

The  long  connection  of  Mr.  McCrea  with  the  western  lines 
of  the  Pennsylvania  Railroad  began  on  May  i,  1882,  when 
he  was  made  manager  of  the  Southwest  System,  with  head- 
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quarters  at  Columbus,  Ohio.  On  October  10,  1885,  he  was 
advanced  to  the  post  of  general  manager  of  all  the  lines  west 
of  Pittsburgh ;  on  October  19,  1887,  he  was  made  fourth  vice- 
president,  second  vice-president  on  March  i,  1890,  and  first 
vice-president  on  April  23,  1891. 

The  position  of  vice-president  was  held  for  16  years 
by  Mr.  McCrea,  during  which  he  was  closely  associated  in 
projects  of  great  development  that  pressed  upon  the  com- 
pany in  meeting  the  demands  of  the  great  city  at  the  head- 
waters of  the  Ohio.  During  this  period  he  became  president 
of  the  Vandalia  Railroad  Company;  Grand  Rapids  and  In- 
diana Railway  Company;  Cleveland,  Akron  and  Columbus 
Railway  Company ;  Cincinnati  and  Muskingum  Valley  Rail- 
way Company,  and  a  number  of  lesser  transportation  lines. 

Mr.  McCrea  was  elected  a  director  of  the  Pennsylvania 
Railroad  Company  June  9,  1899,  at  the  time  of  the  election 
of  A.  J.  Cassatt  as  president.  Following  the  death  of  Mr. 
Cassatt,  in  December,  1906,  he  was  chosen  president  of  the 
company  on  January  2,  1907.  Soon  after  assuming  the 
presidency  of  the  corporation  he  was  elected  president  of  the 
Philadelphia,  Baltimore  and  Washington  Railroad;  the 
Northern  Central  Railway  Company;  the  West  Jersey  and 
Seashore  Railroad  Company;  the  Pennsylvania  Company, 
and  the  Pittsburgh,  Cincinnati,  Chicago  and  St.  Louis  Rail- 
way Company. 

Before  his  election  to  the  head  of  the  company  and  while 
still  a  resident  of  Pittsburgh,  Mr.  McCrea  was,  in  February, 
1898,  elected  a  trustee  of  the  University  of  Pennsylvania, 
succeeding  ex-Senator  John  Scott.  It  was  the  first  time 
in  the  history  of  the  institution  that  a  member  of  the  board 
had  been  selected  from  a  city  outside  Philadelphia.  He 
remained  a  trustee  five  years,  resigning  because  it  was  impos- 
sible to  attend  the  meetings  of  the  board. 

Mr.  McCrea  possessed  a  personality  that  made  him  popu- 
lar with  his  associates  and  other  officials  of  the  company. 
He  was  a  great  lover  of  home  and  family,  keenly  enjoyed 
domestic  life,  and  his  great  longing  was  for  the  coming  of  a 

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time  when  he  might  retire  when  still  in  vigor  and  good  health 
to  the  privacy  of  home  and  family  circle.  He  possessed  a 
wide  acquaintance  with  financiers,  railroad  officials,  edu- 
cators, and  professional  men  on  both  sides  of  the  Atlantic, 
and  numbered  governors  and  presidents  among  his  personal 
friends. 

DAVID  MclLVAiNE,  a  founder  of  The  St.  Andrew's  So- 
ciety, 1749,  Secretary  1752,  Assistant  1757-1760.  He  was  a 
brother  of  William,  also  one  of  the  founders  of  the  Society, 
noted  below.  He  was  born  in  Ayr,  Scotland,  September 
22,  1723,  and  died  in  Philadelphia  in  1761. 

His  father,  Joseph  Mcllvaine,  who  married,  first,  Anna 
Rodgerson,  of  Dumfries,  and,  later,  Jane  Hunter,  of  Ayr, 
was  a  man  of  prominence  in  the  town  of  Ayr  and  held  a  num- 
ber of  positions  of  importance.  They  traced  descent  back  to 
Alexander  Macilvaine,  who  about  1520  married  a  niece  of 
the  Earl  of  Cassilis,  and  who  in  1529  was  confirmed  by 
James  V  to  lands  now  part  of  the  possessions  of  the  Earl 
of  Cassilis,  Marquis  of  Ailsa. 

Two  of  the  sons  of  Joseph  Mcllvaine,  David  and 
William,  came  to  America  about  1745  and  settled  in  Phila- 
delphia. They  engaged  as  partners  in  business  as  shipping 
merchants,  which  grew  to  large  proportions,  and  the  ships 
of  which  they  were  owners,  or  part  owners,  constituted  a 
considerable  fleet. 

Both  the  brothers  joined  the  social  circles  of  that  day, 
as  they,  with  other  members  of  The  St.  Andrew's  Society, 
as  elsewhere  stated,  were  subscribers  to  the  notable  City 
Dancing  Assembly.  David  married  Miss  Elizabeth  (Betty) 
Gray  don,  daughter  of  Col.  Alexander  Graydon,  of  the  Pro- 
vincial Army  of  Pennsylvania,  and  it  appears  from  the 
terms  of  his  will  that  he  died  without  issue. 

A  brother  of  Mrs.  Mcllvaine  was  Alexander  Graydon, 
Jr.,  a  gallant  soldier  during  the  Revolution  and  subsequently 
an  author  of  celebrity;  his  memoirs  of  the  times  are  fre- 
quently referred  to  by  historians. 

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[Reference  to  this  family  of  Mcllvaines  condensed  from 
Frank  Willing  Leach's  "  Old  Philadelphia  Families,"  in  the 
North  American,  June  16,  1912.] 

JOSEPH  MclLVAiNE,  JUNIOR,  member  1834.  Born  in 
Burlington,  New  Jersey,  December  31,  1800;  died  in 
Harrisburg,  Pennsylvania,  January  16,  1839. 

His  father,  Joseph  Mcllvaine,  was  a  son  of  Doctor 
William  Mcllvaine,  whose  biography  follows.  Joseph  Mc- 
llvaine attained  great  prominence  in  public  affairs  and  filled 
a  number  of  high  positions.  After  leaving  his  father's  place 
in  Bucks  County,  Pennsylvania,  he  settled  in  Burlington, 
New  Jersey,  and  was  later  elected  United  States  Senator 
from  that  State.  His  sons  also  secured  responsible  positions 
in  social,  political,  and  business  life. 

Our  member,  Joseph,  was  graduated  from  Princeton  in 
1818  and  was  admitted  to  the  Philadelphia  bar  in  1821.  On 
August  29,  1829,  he  was  appointed  Recorder  of  the  City  of 
Philadelphia,  and  so  served  until  elected  a  member  of  the 
Pennsylvania  House  of  Representatives.  He  was  secretary 
of  a  commission  appointed  by  the  Legislature  to  obtain  in- 
formation and  determine  whether  the  Commonwealth  should 
lend  its  aid  in  building  a  canal  system  to  Lake  Erie,  or,  in  the 
construction  of  a  railroad  over  the  Allegheny  Mountains, 
subsequently  assumed  by  the  Pennsylvania  Railroad. 

While  in  the  performance  of  his  legislative  duties  at  Har- 
risburg, Mr.  Mcllvaine  died  there  on  the  date  stated. 

His  brother,  Charles  Pettit  Mcllvaine,  born  January  18, 
1799,  shared  with  his  father  the  distinction  of  preeminence 
among  the  members  of  the  Mcllvaine  Clan  in  America. 
Educated  for  the  church,  he  was  in  1832  elected  the  Protes- 
tant Episcopal  Bishop  of  Ohio. 

WILLIAM  MC!LVAINE,  a  founder  of  the  Society  in  1749, 
Assistant  1749,  Treasurer  1750-1756.  The  older  brother 
of  David,  referred  to  above.  He  was  born  in  Ayrshire, 
Scotland,  March  31,  1722,  and  died  at  his  country-place 

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in  Bucks  County,  Pennsylvania,  1770,  and  was  buried  in  the 
graveyard  of  the  Newtown  Presbyterian  Church. 

His  business  association  with  his  brother  David  is  men- 
tioned above.  He  survived  his  brother  a  number  of  years, 
and  was  very  active  in  all  public  affairs  of  his  time. 

In  1756,  when  through  the  alliance  of  the  French  and 
Indians  many  settlers  on  the  outskirts  were  murdered  and 
their  properties  destroyed,  the  Assembly  refused  to  appro- 
priate sufficient  money  for  defensive  or  offensive  purposes, 
alleging  that  the  Crown  should  provide  the  means.  At  this 
time  William  Mcllvaine  was  one  of  the  signers  in  a  petition 
to  the  King  to  grant  needed  relief. 

Various  bodies  of  provincial  troops  were  organized,  and 
it  is  elsewhere  recorded  that  members  of  The  St.  Andrew's 
Society  were  to  be  found  in  most  of  them.  Mr.  Mcllvaine 
became  a  member  of  Captain  John  Kidd's  Independent  Com- 
pany of  Foot.  Mr.  Kidd  was  also  one  of  the  founders  of  the 
Society. 

Mr.  Mcllvaine  was  twice  married,  first  in  May,  1747, 
to  Ann  Emerson,  daughter  of  Caleb  Emerson.  He  was 
married  a  second  time  on  November  3,  1766,  to  Margaret 
Cross,  who  survived  her  husband. 

He  was  a  member  while  in  Philadelphia  of  the  Old  But- 
tonwood  Church,  as  it  was  called,  the  First  Presbyterian 
Church,  then  located  on  Market  Street  between  Second  and 
Third  Streets.  He  was  an  elder  of  this  church  a  number 
of  years. 

Besides  his  residence  in  Philadelphia,  Mr.  Mcllvaine, 
having  acquired  a  competency,  purchased  a  plantation  in 
Bucks  County,  Penna.,  where  prior  to  the  Revolution  he  set- 
tled permanently  and  there  died. 

In  his  will  he  named  his  wife  and  three  children,  William, 
Joseph,  and  Mary,  as  beneficiaries.  The  latter  became  the 
wife  of  Joseph  Bloomfield,  greatly  distinguished  in  the  his- 
tory of  New  Jersey  as  soldier,  lawyer,  and  statesman.  The 
oldest  son,  William,  was  in  Scotland  at  the  time  of  his 
father's  death,  studying  medicine.  He  is  referred  to  below 
as  a  member  of  the  Society,  1786. 

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DOCTOR  WILLIAM  MC!LVAINE,  member  1786,  Physician 
of  the  Society  1793.  Doctor  Mcllvaine  was  the  eldest  son 
of  William  Mcllvaine,  a  founder  of  the  Society,  referred  to 
in  the  preceding  sketch.  He  was  born  in  Philadelphia, 
July  8,  1750.  In  1766  his  father  sent  him  to  Scotland  to 
complete  his  classical  education  and  to  study  medicine,  and 
he  remained  there  until  1773,  having  taken  his  degree  of 
M.D.  at  the  University  of  Edinburgh  in  1771. 

Upon  returning  to  America  he  established  himself  first 
at  "  Fairview,"  his  father's  country-seat  in  Bucks  County, 
and  was  still  there  when  the  war  for  Independence  broke 
out,  when  he  promptly  offered  his  services  to  the  Colonial 
cause  and  was,  on  October  9,  1775,  commissioned  captain 
of  a  company  of  light  infantry,  or  "  Associators,"  organized 
in  that  county.  Later  he  commanded  a  company  in  the  Third 
Battalion  at  Philadelphia. 

His  time  of  duty  having  expired,  he  enlisted  as  a  private, 
and  as  such  took  part  in  the  Battle  of  Red  Bank,  New  Jersey, 
October  22,  1777.  Later  he  was  commissioned  surgeon  in 
Colonel  Charles  Read's  regiment,  and  was  present  at  the 
Battle  of  Monmouth,  June  28,  1778.  According  to  family 
tradition,  he  was  taken  prisoner  in  one  of  the  battles  in  which 
he  participated,  and  was  confined  in  the  dreaded  prison  ships. 

The  war  being  over,  he  retired  to  "  Fairview,"  and  on 
September  3,  1784,  was  appointed  justice  of  the  peace  for 
Bucks  County,  and  one  week  later  was  commissioned  a 
justice  of  the  Court  of  Common  Pleas  for  the  same  county. 

Subsequently  he  returned  to  his  native  city,  Philadelphia, 
and  here  practised  his  profession  a  number  of  years,  being 
associated  with  Doctor  Benjamin  Rush  and  other  distin- 
guished medical  practitioners. 

When  the  yellow  fever  broke  out  in  1793,  he  removed 
his  family  to  Burlington,  where  his  sister  Mrs.  Bloomfield 
resided,  but  he  remained  at  his  post  in  Philadelphia  and 
finally  contracted  the  disease,  and  was  nursed  through  it  by 
a  faithful  negro  servant,  his  family  being  kept  in  ignorance 
of  his  condition. 

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Upon  recovering  he  joined  his  wife  and  children  at  Bur- 
lington, and  there  established  a  permanent  residence  in  a  fine 
old  house  on  the  banks  of  the  Delaware,  which  is  still 
standing. 

Doctor  Mcllvaine  was  three  times  married, — first,  No- 
vember 6,  1773,  to  Margaret  Rodman,  of  a  distinguished 
Colonial  family.  She  died  February  22,  1781.  He  was  mar- 
ried again  in  Christ  Church,  Philadelphia,  December  2,  1782, 
to  Rebecca,  daughter  of  Judge  William  Coxe.  This  lady 
died  September  13,  1783.  Doctor  Mcllvaine's  third  mar- 
riage was  on  June  16,  1785,  to  Mary,  daughter  of  Chief 
Justice  Edward  Shippen.  This  lady  was  one  of  the  famous 
belles  of  the  Revolutionary  period.  Thus  Doctor  Mcllvaine 
had,  within  twelve  years,  formed  matrimonial  alliances  with 
three  of  the  most  distinguished  families  of  the  time. 

He  died  at  Burlington,  New  Jersey,  September  16,  1806, 
and  was  buried  from  St.  Mary's  Protestant  Episcopal 
Church. 

HUGH  MCLEAN,  member  1874.  Hugh  McLean  was  born 
June  29,  1829,  in  the  Parish  of  Kirkhill,  Inverness-shire, 
Scotland,  the  son  of  Alexander  and  Catherine  (McCallum) 
McLean. 

He  died  in  Philadelphia,  July  17,  1897,  and  was  buried 
in  Laurel  Hill  Cemetery.  Mr.  McLean  learned  the  saddlery 
trade  in  Scotland,  and,  on  coming  to  Philadelphia  in  1848, 
entered  the  employ  of  Messrs,  W.  S.  Hansell  &  Sons,  sad- 
dlers, as  a  salesman. 

Later  in  that  year  he  went  to  New  Orleans  as  salesman 
for  the  branch  house  of  that  firm,  and  there  remained  until 
1859,  when  he  returned  to  Philadelphia,  and  was  engaged 
as  salesman  for  Messrs.  McCallum,  Crease  &  Sloan,  carpet 
manufacturers. 

In  1866  Mr.  McLean  entered  the  carpet  business  in  Phila- 
delphia on  his  own  account,  and  continued  in  it  until  he 
retired  in  1877. 

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During  the  Civil  War,  Mr.  McLean  served  in  the  field 
in  1863  with  the  Landis  Battery  of  Philadelphia. 

He  married,  in  1864,  Mary  Frances  Richardson  of 
Philadelphia.  His  eldest  son,  William,  is  a  Life  member 
of  The  St.  Andrew's  Society. 

Mr.  McLean  was  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian  Church, 
at  one  time  a  member  of  the  board  of  trustees  and  treasurer 
of  the  Olivet  Presbyterian  Church,  but,  after  removal  to 
Germantown,  he  attended  the  Summit  Presbyterian  Church, 
and  later  until  the  time  of  his  death  the  Mount  Airy  Presby- 
terian Church. 

In  the  Minute  relative  to  the  death  of  Mr.  McLean 
adopted  by  The  St.  Andrew's  Society,  he  was  pronounced  a 
man  of  sound,  sterling  sense  and  special  business  capacity, 
and  a  member  who  had  rarely  missed  attending  its  meetings. 

DAVID  CAMPBELL  NIMLET,  member  1889.  Mr.  Nimlet 
was  born  in  Paisley,  Scotland,  July  7,  1846,  and  died  at 
his  home,  Cedar  Grove,  Philadelphia,  November  n,  1912. 

His  parents,  David  and  Jean  Nimlet,  were  both  of  Scotch 
birth,  and  were  married  in  Paisley  on  New  Year's  Day,  1840. 
They  came  to  America  in  May,  1847. 

Mr.  Nimlet  received  his  education  at  the  Olney  public 
school,  and  later  at  the  Philadelphia  high  school,  of  which 
he  was  a  graduate. 

Mr.  Nimlet  was  married  on  the  2oth  of  January,  1870, 
at  Cedar  grove,  to  Miss  Mary  Whitaker,  whose  father, 
William  Whitaker,  was  a  large  manufacturer  of  cotton 
goods.  He  is  survived  by  his  wife  and  two  daughters,  Vir- 
ginia Campbell  Nimlet  and  Marion  Graham  Nimlet  Fuller, 
wife  of  Rev.  Horace  F.  Fuller  of  Philadelphia. 

Mr.  Nimlet  became  associated  in  business  with  his  father- 
in-law,  and,  some  years  after  Mr.  Whitaker's  death,  he  be- 
came senior  member  of  the  firm  of  William  Whitaker  & 
Sons.  He  was  affiliated  with  many  business  and  financial 
interests.  For  many  years  he  was  treasurer  of  the  Long 
Bros.  Co.,  a  director  of  the  First  National  Bank  of  Phila- 

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DAVID  CAMPBELL  NIMLET 

Member  1889 
Died  November  n,  1912 


HON.  HUGH  MCALLISTER  NORTH,  LL.D. 

Member  1900 
Died  at  Columbia,  Pa.,  December  20,  1907 


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delphia,  the  Second  National  Bank  of  Frankford,  the  Fire 
Association,  Philadelphia,  the  Camden  Iron  Works,  and  the 
Arrott  Steam  Mills. 

He  was  for  nearly  thirty  years  vestryman  and  account- 
ing warden  of  Trinity  P.  E.  Church,  Oxford,  Philadelphia. 
He  served  as  deputy  to  the  Diocesan  Convention,  1874,  and 
filled  all  positions  to  which  he  was  called  with  a  tact  and 
consideration  which  endeared  him  to  all  his  associates  and 
made  his  life  one  of  great  usefulness. 

Mr.  Nimlet  was  a  member  of  the  Union  League,  the 
Church  Club,  and  the  Down  Town  Club. 

HON.  HUGH  MCALISTER  NORTH,  member  1900.  Born 
May  7,  1826,  at  McAlisterville,  Juniata  County,  Pa.  Died 
at  his  home  in  Columbia,  Lancaster  County,  Pa.,  December 
20,  1907. 

The  North  family  was  prominent  and  influential 
throughout  English  history,  in  the  active  fields  of  law  and 
politics  and  as  students.  One  of  the  family  was  Francis, 
Baron  Guilford,  Lord  Keeper  of  the  Great  Seal  under 
Charles  II;  another,  Frederick,  Lord  North,  was  Prime 
Minister  of  England,  under  George  III,  during  the  American 
Revolution. 

John  North,  an  ancestor,  accompanied  Cromwell  to  Ire- 
land in  1650,  and  remained  there.  The  first  of  the  family 
to  come  to  America  was  Caleb  North,  with  his  son  Roger, 
in  1730,  and  in  1748  Roger  became  a  lieutenant  in  the  Pro- 
vincial service. 

Roger  North  and  his  wife,  Ann  Rambo,  had  a  son, 
Joshua,  who  married  Mary  Murray,  and  their  son,  John,  was 
the  father  of  Hugh  McAlister  North. 

John  North  was  married  to  Jane  Houston  McAlister, 
daughter  of  Hugh  McAlister,  and  granddaughter  of  Major 
Hugh  McAlister,  of  the  Revolutionary  service,  and  great- 
granddaughter  of  Hugh  McAlister,  who  came  to  America 
from  Ireland,  whither  his  ancestors  went  with  other  Protes- 
tants from  Scotland  in  1730.  Her  grandfather,  Major  Hugh 

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McAlister,  at  the  close  of  the  Revolutionary  War,  retired  to 
the  Lost  Creek  Valley  of  Juniata  County,  and  founded  the 
town  of  McAlisterville. 

Mr.  North  received  careful  early  training,  and  gradu- 
ated at  the  age  of  twenty  years  from  the  Mifflinburg  Acad- 
emy, and  immediately  began  to  study  law,  and  was  admitted 
to  the  Bar  of  Union  County  in  1849,  and  later  in  the  same 
year  was  admitted  to  the  Bar  of  Lancaster  County,  and 
located  in  Columbia,  where  he  remained  in  active  practice 
for  almost  sixty  years.  The  Lancaster  Bar,  at  that  time, 
contained  many  men  of  distinguished  ability  and  of  national 
fame,  and  Mr.  North,  by  his  thorough  preparation,  marked 
ability,  and  sturdy  character,  soon  won  recognition  and 
ranked  among  the  leaders  of  his  profession. 

Entering  fully  into  the  life  of  the  community,  Mr. 
North  mingled  freely  with  all  its  people,  acquainted  himself 
with  everything  that  concerned  their  interests,  familiarized 
himself  with  local  history,  took  an  active  part  in  public 
affairs,  and  joined  with  zest  in  whatever  might  promote  the 
public  good;  and  it  was  not  long  before  he  commanded  a 
large  and  lucrative  practice.  He  was  for  forty  years  solici- 
tor for  the  Philadelphia  and  Reading  Railroad  and  for  thirty 
years  solicitor  for  the  Pennsylvania  Railroad  Company, 
and  was  also  counsel  for  many  other  corporations  and  busi- 
ness concerns.  In  recognition  of  his  talents  and  learning 
and  character,  the  honorary  degree  of  Doctor  of  Laws  was 
conferred  upon  him  in  1887  by  Franklin  and  Marshall 
College. 

He  was  zealous  for  the  advancement  of  the  standards 
of  his  profession,  and  was  the  first  president  of  the  Lan- 
caster County  Bar  Association  and  of  the  Law  Library  Asso- 
ciation, and  as  such  was  re-elected  annually  until  he  died. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  American  Bar  Association  and  of 
the  Pennsylvania  State  Bar  Association. 

In  politics  Mr.  North  was  a  life-long  Democrat,  but  he 
had  no  taste  or  inclination  for  participating  in  the  manage- 
ment of  a  political  party.  In  1860  he  was  a  delegate  to  the 

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Democratic  National  Conventions,  both  at  Charleston  and 
Baltimore,  and  was  a  leader  in  the  stirring  events  of  those 
days.  He  was  also  a  delegate  in  the  National  Conventions 
of  1876  and  1904. 

Mr.  North  was  interested  in  many  local  business  enter- 
prises, and  gave  his  support  to  the  charitable,  literary,  and 
social  organizations  of  the  community.  He  was  president 
of  the  First  National  Bank  of  Columbia  and  a  director  in 
many  other  corporations.  He  was  a  Mason  and  a  member 
of  the  Chapter;  he  was  also  identified  with  other  societies  of 
a  political  and  historical  nature,  and  was  one  of  the  original 
members  of  the  Hamilton  Club  of  Lancaster. 

For  many  years  he  had  been  a  trustee  of  the  Presbyterian 
Church  in  Columbia;  but  in  1887  he  was  confirmed,  by  the 
late  Bishop  Howe,  in  St.  Paul's  Episcopal  Church,  and  was 
a  member  of  that  Church  thereafter,  serving  continuously  as 
rector's  warden  and  vestryman  until  his  death,  and  being 
elected  repeatedly  a  delegate  to  the  Diocesan  and  General 
Conventions  of  the  Episcopal  Church. 

On  December  23,  1868,  he  married  Serena  Mayer  Frank- 
lin, a  daughter  of  the  late  Thomas  E.  Franklin,  LL.D.,  of 
Lancaster,  distinguished  in  legal  circles  in  the  State  and 
twice  Attorney-General  of  Pennsylvania. 

He  was  survived  by  his  wife  and  two  children,  Serena 
Mayer,  married  to  Joseph  B.  Hutchinson,  general  manager 
of  the  Pennsylvania  Railroad,  and  Hugh  McAlister  North, 
Jr.,  member  1908,  a  graduate  of  Yale  University,  and  a 
member  of  the  Bar  of  Lancaster  County. 

In  personal  appearance  Mr.  North  was  a  fine  example  of 
maturely  developed  manhood,  of  distinguished  presence,  tall 
and  erect,  of  elastic  step  and  buoyant  spirits,  dignified,  but 
affable  and  friendly ;  he  always  left  an  impression  that  was 
agreeable  and  inspiring.  His  funeral  services  in  St.  Paul's 
Episcopal  Church,  Columbia,  were  largely  attended,  and 
were  conducted  by  the  local  clergy,  assisted  by  Bishops  Tal- 
bot  and  Darlington,  and  he  was  buried  at  Lancaster,  in  the 
family  lot  in  Woodward  Hill  Cemetery. 

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HECTOR  ORR,  member  1837.  No  particulars  have  been 
found  of  the  date  and  place  of  birth  of  Mr.  Orr.  In  1832 
he  became  a  member  of  the  Franklin  Institute  and  took  an 
active  interest  in  its  affairs.  He  served  on  the  board  of 
managers  and  for  many  years  on  the  committee  on  science 
and  the  arts  and  contributed  a  number  of  articles  on  special 
subjects  for  its  Journal.  One  of  these  favored  the  erection 
of  a  bridge  across  the  Delaware  at  Philadelphia. 

In  early  life  Mr.  Orr  was  in  the  employ  of  James  Ronald- 
son,  the  type-founder.  In  1832  he  carried  on  business  as  a 
printer  at  232  Arch  Street.  He  was  noted  for  his  retentive 
memory  and  for  his  fund  of  information  on  many  subjects. 
He  was  one  of  the  founders  of  the  Typographical  Union, 
and  at  the  time  of  his  death  was  the  oldest  member  of  that 
body.  He  died  October  6,  1887,  after  a  long  illness  in  the 
Hayes  Mechanic's  Home,  Philadelphia, 

THOMAS  ORR,  member  1790.  "  Died  on  Sunday  (Fel> 
ruary  21,  1819),  at  the  Pennsylvania  Hospital,  Mr.  Thomas 
Orr,  in  the  seventieth  year  of  his  age,  a  native  of  Scotland, 
late  Merchant  in  this  place.  His  friends  and  acquaintances 
are  respectfully  invited  to  attend  his  funeral  this  morning  at 
ii  o'clock  from  the  Hospital  to  Arch  Street  Burying 
Ground." 

[Daily  Advertiser,  February  23,  1819.] 

COLONEL  ELEAZAR  OSWALD,  member  1788.  Colonel 
Oswald  was  kinsman  to  Richard  Oswald,  a  noted  British 
diplomatist,  who  was  born  in  Scotland  in  1705,  and  married 
Mary  (Bonnie  Peggy)  Ramsey,  celebrated  in  one  of  the 
songs  of  Robert  Burns.  Richard  passed  some  years  in 
America,  but  at  the  time  of  the  Revolution  was  a  merchant 
in  London,  and  his  standing  may  be  judged  from  the  fact 
that  he  was  selected  by  Lord  Shelburne,  in  1782,  as  a  diplo- 
matic agent  to  treat  for  peace  with  the  American  Commis- 
sioners in  Paris,  and  he  carried  on  successfully,  as  the 
records  show,  the  greater  part  of  the  negotiations.  John 

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Member  1788 
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Adams,  John  Jay,  Colonel  John  Laurens,  and  Benjamin 
Franklin  represented  the  United  States. 

Eleazar  Oswald  is  recorded  as  born  in  England  in  1755 ; 
he  came  to  America  in  1 770,  and  located  first  in  New  Haven, 
Connecticut.  He  had  been  well  educated  and  became  a 
brilliant,  if  not  discreet,  writer.  He  enthusiastically 
espoused  the  cause  of  the  colonies  in  the  Revolution  and 
entered  the  military  service  as  a  volunteer,  serving  first  in 
the  capture  of  Ticonderoga  under  Colonel  Ethan  Allen. 

He  then  accompanied  General  Benedict  Arnold  in  the 
campaign  against  Quebec,  with  the  rank  of  captain  and  serv- 
ing as  aide-de-camp  and  secretary  to  Arnold.  In  the  assault 
Oswald  was  in  charge  of  a  detachment  to  attack  one  of  the 
barricades,  where  he  led  a  forlorn  hope  in  a  charge  after 
Arnold  was  wounded.  This  expedition  failed  in  its  purpose, 
and  many  prisoners  were  taken  by  the  British,  Oswald 
among  them,  and  he  was  sent  on  a  vessel  to  New  York,  where 
he  was  later  exchanged. 

In  1777  he  was  appointed  lieutenant-colonel  in  Colonel 
Lamb's  regiment  of  artillery,  and  in  this  earned  a  high 
reputation  for  skill  and  bravery,  and  after  the  Battle  of 
Monmouth  was  specially  commended  by  Generals  Knox  and 
Lee.  Knox  said  of  him,  "  he  was  one  of  the  best  officers  in 
the  service."  His  connection  with  General  Charles  Lee 
at  this  time  no  doubt  led  to  troubles  he  afterward  encoun- 
tered through  his  adherence  to  that  officer. 

Colonel  Oswald  resigned  his  commission  soon  afterward, 
and  in  1779  became  associated  with  William  Goddard  in  the 
Maryland  Journal,  the  first  newspaper  printed  in  Baltimore. 
In  this  paper  Oswald  printed  strictures,  by  General  Charles 
Lee,  reflecting  upon  the  military  capacity  of  General  Wash- 
ington. Lee  had  been  publicly  rebuked  by  Washington  at 
Monmouth  and  had  been  suspended  from  command  for  dis- 
obedience of  orders,  resulting  in  his  dismissal  from  the 
service. 

These  strictures  in  the  Journal  led  to  a  popular  demon- 
stration in  Baltimore  against  Oswald,  and  to  the  issue  of  a 

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challenge  by  him  to  Colonel  Samuel  Smith,  who  declined  to 
fight  a  duel. 

Oswald  then  removed  to  Philadelphia,  where,  on  April 
13, 1 782,  he  issued  the  first  number  of  the  Independent  Gazet- 
teer or  the  Chronicle  of  Freedom,  a  weekly  paper,  which 
attracted  attention  because  of  its  violent  partisan  attacks 
and  caustic  criticism  of  public  men  and  measures. 

The  advertisement  of  this  paper  read :  "  Printed  by  E. 
Oswald  at  his  Printing  Office  near  the  Bunch  of  Grapes 
Tavern  on  Third  Street." 

When  the  adoption  of  a  Constitution  to  replace  the 
Articles  of  Confederation  was  before  the  people,  Oswald 
attacked  the  proposed  measure  as  monarchical  in  its  pro- 
visions and  no  improvement  upon  the  existing  Articles.  The 
proposed  Constitution,  ably  supported  by  Alexander  Hamil- 
ton and  James  Wilson,  the  latter  then  President  of  The  St. 
Andrew's  Society,  was  adopted,  and  Oswald  again  issued 
a  challenge,  this  time  to  Alexander  Hamilton;  but  friends 
of  both  interfered  and  prevented  a  meeting ;  Hamilton  later 
being  killed  in  the  duel  with  Aaron  Burr. 

In  February,  1783,  Colonel  Oswald  reopened  Bradford's 
London  Coffee  House  in  Philadelphia,  "  for  the  accommo- 
dation of  the  citizens  in  general,"  and,  while  conducting  it, 
printed  for  Captain  John  Macpherson,  as  a  monthly  paper, 
The  Price  Current,  the  first  mercantile  paper  published  in 
the  United  States. 

In  August,  1786,  Colonel  Oswald  offered  to  lead  a  volun- 
teer company  of  infantry,  of  which  he  was  captain,  to  the 
northern  frontier,  in  order  to  capture  from  the  British  the 
posts  they  occupied,  he  claimed,  in  violation  of  the  articles 
of  peace. 

From  1782  to  1787  Oswald  also  conducted  in  New  York 
City  The  Independent  Gazetteer  or  New  York  Journal,  re- 
vived, which  had  been  formerly  conducted  by  a  kinsman  of 
his  wife. 

At  the  time  Oswald  joined  The  St.  Andrew's  Society  he 
commanded  a  volunteer  company,  which,  with  other  militia 

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companies,  was  exercised  on  one  occasion  in  military  evo- 
lutions before  Baron  Steuben  and  General  DuPlessis  of  the 
French  Army.  In  1792  he  was  in  England,  but,  being  in- 
fected with  an  intense  feeling  against  that  country,  he  went 
over  to  France  and  tendered  his  services  to  the  republican 
army,  was  commissioned  colonel  of  an  artillery  regiment, 
and  so  served  under  General  Charles  F.  Dumouriez  (see 
Burns,  "Address  to  General  Dumorier")  in  the  Battle  of 
Jemappes,  1792.  He  was  sent  from  France  on  a  secret  mis- 
sion to  Ireland,  to  report  on  its  political  conditions  and  as  to 
the  feasibility  of  the  projected  French  invasion,  but  nothing 
came  of  this  scheme,  and  Oswald  returned  to  the  United 
States,  and  died  of  yellow  fever  in  New  York  City,  Sep- 
tember 30,  1795. 

He  was  there  buried  in  St.  Paul's  church-yard,  and  a 
monument  was  erected  over  his  remains  by  a  grandson,  Dr. 
Eleazar  Balfour,  of  Norfolk,  Va.,  inscribed : 

E.  Oswald,  Colonel  of  Artillery  in  the  American  Army;  an  officer 
of  noted  intrepidity  and  usefulness,  a  sincere  friend  and  an  honest  man. 

The  Gazetteer  was  maintained  in  Philadelphia  by  his 
widow  for  about  a  year  after  the  colonel's  death,  and  was 
then  disposed  of  to  Joseph  Gales,  but  upon  his  removal  to 
another  State  the  paper  was  discontinued. 

Mrs.  Elizabeth  Oswald,  the  widow  of  Colonel  Oswald, 
died  in  Philadelphia,  September  20,  1797,  and  a  daughter, 
Miss  Anna  L.  Oswald,  died  in  that  city  February  4,  1881, 
aged  91  years.  Another  daughter,  Miss  Sarah,  died  March 
2,  1849,  in  Lancaster  County  in  the  72d  year  of  her  age. 

[Appleton's  "  Cyclopedia  of  Am.  Biog.,"  McMaster's 
and  Stone's  "  Penna.  and  the  Federal  Constitution,"  Cod- 
man's  "  Arnold's  March  to  Quebec,"  Scharf  and  Westcott's 
"History  of  Phila.,"  et  al.] 

GEORGE  PALMER,  member  1811.  "Died  at  New  Or- 
leans, on  the  loth  of  February  last  (1817),  Mr.  George 
Palmer,  late  of  this  city,  Printer.  He  was  affected  with  a 

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pulmonary  consumption  and  had  gone  southward  for  his 
health,  and  there,  far  from  his  relatives  and  friends  he  died. 
He  was  a  man  of  respectable  talents,  correct  deportment  and 
unimpeachable  integrity." 

[Poulson's  Advertiser,  March  12,  1817.] 

ROBERT  PITCAIRN,  member  1900.  Mr.  Pitcairn  was 
born  in  Johnstone  near  Paisley,  Scotland,  May  6,  1836,  and 
died  at  his  home  at  Shady  Side,  Pittsburgh,  Pennsylvania, 
July  25,  1909.  He  was  a  son  of  John  and -Agnes  Pitcairn, 
who  in  1846  emigrated  to  this  country  and  settled  in  Pitts- 
burgh. There  he  obtained  employment  as  a  messenger  boy 
for  a  telegraph  company,  through,  it  is  said,  Mr.  Andrew 
Carnegie. 

In  1853  he  entered  the  service  of  the  Pennsylvania  Rail- 
road Company  as  assistant  operator  and  ticket-agent  at 
Duncansville,  Pennsylvania,  and  when  the  road  over  the 
Allegheny  Mountains  was  completed,  in  1854,  he  was  trans- 
ferred to  the  office  of  the  superintendent  at  Altoona. 

At  this  place  Mr.  Pitcairn  filled  various  positions  until 
1 86 1,  when  he  was  sent  to  the  western  division  of  the  Pitts- 
burgh, Fort  Wayne  and  Chicago  Railroad,  where  he  spent  a 
year.  He  was  then  appointed  superintendent  of  the  Middle 
Division  of  the  Pennsylvania  Railroad,  and  later  superin- 
tendent of  transportation. 

While  in  that  position  Mr.  Pitcairn  organized  and  per- 
fected the  systems  of  car  records,  car  mileage,  and  other 
important  departments  in  the  administration  of  the  affairs 
of  the  company.  For  some  time  he  had  charge  of  the  middle 
and  Pittsburgh  divisions  of  the  road  and  the  Cumberland 
Valley  Road,  from  Harrisburg  to  Hagerstown,  Md. 

In  1865  he  was  appointed  superintendent  of  the  Pitts- 
burgh Division  and  moved  to  Pittsburgh.  Later  his  re- 
sponsibilities were  increased  by  the  additional  appointment 
as  general  agent  of  the  road.  He  was  relieved  later  of  his 
duties  as  superintendent  and  general  agent  and  appointed 
resident  assistant  to  President  A.  J.  Cassatt.  Mr.  Pitcairn 

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Died  in  Pittsburgh,  Pa.,  July  25,  1909 


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held  this  position  till  he  retired,  May  31,  1906,  having  been 
actively  engaged  in  the  service  of  the  company  for  fifty- 
three  years. 

Mr.  Pitcairn  originated  the  present  efficient  pension  sys- 
tem of  the  Pennsylvania  Railroad,  and  through  his  efforts 
it  became  the  established  rule  of  the  company  and  is  now 
adopted  by  other  railroad  and  large  business  corporations. 

Mr.  Pitcairn  was  superintendent  of  the  Pittsburgh  Divi- 
sion when  the  great  riots  of  1877  broke  out.  His  life  was 
threatened  many  times  during  the  riots. 

Mr.  Pitcairn  was  a  life-long  Presbyterian,  and  took  an 
active  interest  in  the  affairs  of  the  Shady  Side  Presbyterian 
Church. 

When  the  great  Johnstown  flood  swept  down  the  south 
fork  of  the  Conemaugh  River  and  brought  death  and  ruin 
to  thousands  and  property  loss  running  into  the  millions, 
Mr.  Pitcairn  showed  his  great  executive  ability  and  at  once 
plunged  into  the  work  of  succor  and  help.  In  spite  of  the  fact 
that  his  company,  of  which  he  was  an  official,  had  lost  mil- 
lions of  dollars'  worth  of  property,  and  the  road  was  ruined 
in  the  vicinity  of  Johnstown,  his  first  efforts  were  to  succor 
the  suffering  and  provide  sustenance  for  those  without  food. 

Mr.  Pitcairn  was  a  Mason  of  high  degree,  and  was  past 
grand  commander  of  the  Order  of  Knights  Templar.  He 
married  Miss  Elizabeth  E.  Rigg,  of  Altoona,  who  survived 
him. 

Mr.  Pitcairn  was  director  of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce, 
vice-president  of  the  Fidelity  Title  and  Trust  Company,  vice- 
president  of  the  Westinghouse  Air  Brake  Company,  of 
which  he  was  one  of  the  original  subscribers,  and  director 
of  many  of  the  leading  financial  institutions  of  Pittsburgh, 
as  well  as  trustee  of  the  American  Surety  Company,  of  New 
York,  and  a  trustee  of  the  Carnegie  Library  and  Institute. 

The  position  held  by  him  in  which  he  took  the  deepest 
interest,  was  purely  an  honorary  one.  This  was  the  presi- 
dency of  the  Sinking  Fund  Commission.  This  commission 

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was  created  in  1901  under  the  new  city  charter,  and 
Mr.  Pitcairn  was  appointed  a  member  and  elected  president 
that  year. 

ADAM  RAMAGE,  member  1813,  Assistant  1815-30,  and 
Treasurer  from  1831  until  he  died,  July  9,  1850.  Mr. 
Ramage  is  shown  by  the  Minutes  to  have  been  one  of  the 
most  active  and  attentive  members  of  The  St.  Andrew's 
Society  for  a  period  covering  thirty-seven  years. 

He  was  a  manufacturer  of  printing-presses,  copper 
plate,  book-binding  machines,  and  printing-house  furniture 
of  all  kinds.  As  early  as  1804  he  was  located,  in  Carter's 
Alley,  Philadelphia. 

In  1817  he  imported  from  Scotland  a  "  Ruthven  "  press 
and  here  manufactured  a  number  of  them,  and  a  year  later 
patented  the  "  Ramage "  press,  an  improvement  on  the 
"  Ruthven." 

The  North  American  and  U.  S.  Gazette,  in  an  editorial 
notice  of  his  death,  said : 

We  learn  with  sincere  regret  that  Adam  Ramage,  Esq.,  a  worthy 
citizen  and  one  of  the  oldest  connected  with  the  business  of  press- 
making  in  this  city,  died  yesterday  at  his  residence  in  Lombard  Street. 
He  was  a  man  of  many  excellent  qualities,  possessed  of  much  intelligence 
in  his  profession,  and  was  the  inventor  of  several  useful  and  ingenious 
improvements  on  the  machinery  of  the  press.  In  his  death  we  lose  an 
honest  man  and  a  valuable  citizen. 

A  special  meeting  of  The  St.  Andrew's  Society  was  held 
July  13,  1850,  to  take  action  on  the  death  of  Mr.  Ramage. 

The  resolutions  presented  by  Dr.  John  K.  Mitchell  were 
unanimously  adopted. 

Resolved,  That,  by  the  death  of  our  most  estimable  member  and 
Treasurer,  The  St.  Andrew's  Society  of  Philadelphia  has  sustained  a 
loss  deeply  to  be  deplored,  both  by  the  Society  of  which  he  was  a  bright 
ornament  and  most  faithful  officer  and  by  the  Scottish  emigrants  of 
whom  he  was  the  true  friend  and  an  able  assistant. 

Resolved,  That  in  the  faithful,  liberal,  economical  and  assiduous 
discharge  of  his  multifarious  duties  as  an  officer  of  the  Society,  Mr. 

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ISAAC  LAYTON  REGISTER 

Life  member  1881 
Died  September  29,  1913 


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schools,  Mr.  Register,  at  the  age  of  nineteen,  located  in 
Philadelphia  and  there  entered  the  employ  of  the  Mutual 
Life  Insurance  Company  of  New  York  as  a  clerk. 

Two  years  later  he  became  connected  with  the  Equitable 
Life  Assurance  Company,  and  was  rapidly  promoted.  When 
he  died  he  was  the  oldest  general  agent  and  financial 
director  of  that  company,  his  connection  with  it  covering 
fifty  years. 

While  Mr.  Register's  labors  were  devoted  naturally  to 
the  interests  of  his  own  company,  and  in  that  he  achieved 
success,  he  was  also  deeply  interested  in  advancing  the 
general  interests  of  life  insurance,  and  was  one  of  the  main 
factors  in  The  National  Association  of  Life  Insurance 
Agents,  of  which  he  was  President,  and  of  the  Philadelphia 
Association.  He  attended  all  their  meetings  and  shared  in 
the  convention  and  committee  work.  He  was  of  a  genial 
personality  and  a  pleasing  and  graceful  speaker,  and  was 
always  sure  of  an  attentive  audience. 

Mr.  Register  was  a  member  and  an  ex-President  of  the 
Sons  of  Delaware,  a  member  of  the  Union  League,  Phila- 
delphia, Pa.,  a  Past  Master  of  Lodge  No.  51  F.  &  A.  M., 
Past  Grand  Commander,  Cyrene  Commandery  Knights 
Templar  of  Camden,  New  Jersey,  and  a  thirty-second 
degree  Mason. 

He  is  survived  by  a  widow,  who  was  Miss  Emma  Vol- 
mer,  three  sons,  and  a  daughter,  the  wife  of  Matthew 
Baird,  Jr. 

The  funeral  services  were  held  in  the  Second  Presby- 
terian Church  of  which  he  had  been  many  years  an  elder. 

JOHN  CONYNGHAM  RICHARDSON,  member  1809.  Born 
in  Scotland  about  1788,  and  died  in  Mobile,  Alabama,  Sep- 
tember 2,  1820,  while  on  his  way  from  Philadelphia  to  New 
Orleans  on  a  business  trip.  His  death  was  reported  in  the 
Advertiser,  October  10,  1820. 

He  was  a  merchant,  and  married,  in  Old  St.  Paul's 
Church,  Philadelphia,  January  5,  1811,  Ann  Nisbet,  daugh- 

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CRAIG  DORSEY  RITCHIE,  ESQ. 

Member  1859 

President  1888-1889 

Died  December  10,  1910 


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ter  of  Hugh  and  Ann  (Ferguson)  Nisbet,  both  born  in  Scot- 
land. Mrs.  Richardson  was  a  sister  of  both  Michael  and 
John  Nisbet  (members  1811). 

Mr.  Richardson  had  three  sons,  John  N.,  James  E.,  and 
William  C,  and  one  daughter. 

James  Ebenezer  Richardson  (grandfather  of  our  fellow 
member  William  Henry  Hansell)  was  born  in  Philadelphia, 
May  10,  1816,  and  died  June  30,  1850.  He  married  Harriet 
Maclay,  daughter  of  Reverend  Archibald  Maclay,  D.D.,  who 
was  for  thirty  years  pastor  of  the  Tabernacle  Baptist  Church 
in  New  York. 

William  C.  Richardson  married  Catherine,  daughter  of 
George  L.  Oliver,  who  bequeathed  a  large  sum,  estimated 
between  $400,000  and  $500,000,  to  the  Merchants'  Fund  of 
Philadelphia  for  the  relief  of  widows  and  needy  merchants. 

CRAIG  DORSEY  RITCHIE,  ESQ.,  Life  member  1859. 

Mr.  Ritchie  was  born  in  Philadelphia,  April  26,  1830,  and 
died  at  his  home  in  West  Philadelphia,  December  10,  1910. 

His  father,  William  Ritchie,  was  an  old  resident  of 
Washington  County,  Pennsylvania,  but  came  to  this  city 
before  his  son  Craig  was  born.  This  son  was  named  after 
his  grandfather  Craig  Ritchie,  of  Glasgow,  Scotland,  and 
was  educated  in  private  schools  in  Philadelphia.  He  studied 
law,  but  followed  the  profession  of  a  conveyancer  and  was 
a  recognized  expert  on  real  estate  and  repeatedly  appeared 
as  such  before  the  courts  in  important  cases. 

On  December  I,  1864,  he  married  Miss  Charlotte  Wieg- 
and,  who  survived  him. 

He  was  one  of  the  incorporators  of  the  Real  Estate  Title 
Insurance  and  Trust  Company  and  was  president  of  that 
company  for  some  years,  later  serving  as  its  vice-president. 

He  was  president  of  the  board  of  trustees,  Arch  Street 
Presbyterian  Church,  1878-1905.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
Society  of  the  Sons  of  the  Revolution.  He  retired  from 
active  business  several  years  before  his  death,  on  account 
of  advancing  years. 


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Mr.  Ritchie's  services  to  The  St.  Andrew's  Society  were 
invaluable.  He  was  elected  Secretary  November  30,  1864, 
and  at  once  proceeded  to  place  the  available  books  and 
records  in  proper  order,  many  being  missing,  and  he  pre- 
pared the  Catalogues  of  the  Society  for  1890  and  1896.  He 
served  on  important  committees  and  took  pleasure  in  for- 
warding the  interests  of  the  Society  in  every  manner 
possible. 

In  his  will  he  bequeathed  the  sum  of  two  thousand  dollars 
to  The  St.  Andrew's  Society  for  general  purposes.  His 
valuable  library  was  donated  to  the  University  of 
Pennsylvania. 

It  is  due  to  his  memory  that  the  following  resolutions, 
prepared  by  his  close  friend  of  long  standing,  Rev.  Dr. 
Walter  Q.  Scott,  be  given  in  full. 

Whereas,  The  St.  Andrew's  Society  of  Philadelphia,  in  the  provi- 
dence of  God,  has  been  bereaved  of  our  brother  Craig  Dorsey  Ritchie, 
who  for  more  than  half  a  century  was  an  honored  member  of  our 
organization : 

Resolved,  That  we  place  upon  record  this  testimonial  in  memory 
of  a  beloved  friend  and  brother.  He  became  a  member  of  our  Society 
in  1859.  He  served  as  Secretary  from  1864  to  1885,  as  Vice-president 
in  1886-1887,  and  as  President  in  1888-1889.  He  was  a  Life  member. 
His  fidelity  and  loyalty,  his  efficiency  in  service  and  general  companion- 
ship, his  generosity  and  hospitality,  his  wisdom  in  counsel  and  constancy 
in  friendship,  we  cherish  in  affectionate  remembrance.  His  fourscore 
years  reveal  the  strength  of  a  brave,  patient  spirit  who  transformed 
infirmity  into  power  and  made  his  life  a  noble  example.  His  industry 
and  integrity  achieved  success,  and  his  public  spirit  contributed  his 
sound  judgment  and  loyal  service  to  the  welfare  of  his  fellow-citizens. 
His  civic  pride  defended  the  honor  and  promoted  the  progress  of 
Philadelphia.  His  patriotism  was  as  active  in  peace  as  it  was  energetic 
in  the  Civil  War.  His  Christian  spirit  pervaded  his  domestic  life,  made 
him  a  pillar  of  strength  in  his  church,  and  extended  through  his  citizen- 
ship into  his  philanthropy.  His  highly  disciplined  intellect,  his  love 
of  literature  and  of  art,  his  wise  appreciation  of  the  value  of  historic 
associations,  united  with  his  human  sympathies  to  make  his  public  service 
efficient  and  his  companionship  attractive.  He  made  his  home  a  shrine 
of  fellowship  to  friends,  and  his  left  hand  knew  not  what  his  right 
hand  gave  to  the  needy.  The  St  Andrew's  Society  was  dear  to  his  heart, 
and  his  example  will  abide  in  our  memory. 

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CHARLES  EDWARD  RONALDSON 

Member  1869 
Secretary  1911-1912 
Died  February  20,  1912 


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Resolved,  That  we  extend  to  his  bereaved  family  our  deep  sympathy 
in  their  sorrow. 

Resolved,  That  the  Secretary  be  instructed  to  send  a  copy  of  these 
resolutions  to  Mrs.  Ritchie. 

(Signed)     S.  WEIR  MITCHELL,  M.D., 
President. 
Attest:  FREDERICK  S.  GIGER, 

Secretary. 

CHARLES  EDWARD  RONALDSON,  member  1869,  Secretary 
1911-1912.  Born  in  Pottsville,  Pennsylvania,  October  3, 
1846;  died,  February  20,  1912,  at  his  home  in  Philadelphia. 

He  was  the  son  of  Archibald  Ronaldson  and  Ellen 
Jemima  Ogilvie.  His  mother  was  a  granddaughter  of  the 
Rev.  Andrew  Ogilvie,  of  Linton,  Roxburghshire,  Scot- 
land. His  father,  born  in  Scotland,  came  to  Pennsylvania, 
about  1835,  and  settled  in  Pottsville,  where  he  followed  civil 
and  mining  engineering. 

A  sketch  of  his  great-uncle,  James  Ronaldson,  type- 
founder, will  be  found  in  volume  I,  page  305,  "  Historical 
Catalogue  of  The  St.  Andrew's  Society." 

He  entered  the  Episcopal  Academy,  Philadelphia,  Sep- 
tember 2,  1 86 1,  and  graduated  June  30,  1864,  after  which 
he  entered  the  University  of  Pennsylvania  and  left  at  the 
close  of  the  Sophomore  year.  In  1866-1867  he  studied  at 
the  Philadelphia  Polytechnic  College.  For  the  purpose  of 
taking  a  mechanical  engineering  course,  he  entered  the  Le- 
high  University,  where  he  graduated,  with  honor,  with  the 
degree  of  Mechanical  Engineer.  The  University  of  Penn- 
sylvania conferred  upon  him  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of 
Arts  in  1908,  as  of  the  Class  of  1868,  thus  "restoring" 
him  to  her  old  Pennsylvania  Class. 

A  few  years  before  his  death  he  organized  a  committee 
of  his  class  for  the  purpose  of  planting  a  "  '68  "  Memorial 
Tree,  the  white  oak  in  the  campus  in  front  of  College  Hall 
being  the  result  of  the  labors  of  the  committee. 

As  a  mechanical  engineer,  among  other  engagements, 
he  was  connected  with  the  Lehigh  Valley  Railroad,  at 

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Delano,  Pennsylvania;  with  the  United  States  agency  for 
Siemens's  patent  metallurgical  gas  furnaces.  For  several 
years  he  was  assistant  to  Major  Hibbard,  of  the  United 
States  Army,  in  completing  the  United  States  Immigration 
Depot  at  Ellis  Island,  New  York  Harbor;  also  the  New 
York  representative,  for  many  years,  of  the  George  V. 
Cresson  shafting  works  at  Philadelphia. 

He  was  a  member  of  St.  James  Protestant  Episcopal 
Church,  Philadelphia;  a  trustee  of  Lehigh  University;  a 
member  of  the  American  Institute  of  Mining  Engineers ;  a 
member  of  the  Board  of  Managers  of  the  Franklin  Institute ; 
for  almost  40  years  a  member  of  Lodge  No.  5 1,  F.  and  A.  M., 
Pennsylvania,  and  one  of  its  stewards  at  the  time  of  his 
death;  an  honorary  member  of  the  Lehigh  Alumni  Associa- 
tion; at  the  University  of  Pennsylvania  a  member  of  the 
Philomathean  Society  and  the  Zeta  Psi  Fraternity;  at  one 
time  president  of  the  Zeta  Psi  Club  of  New  York ;  treasurer 
of  the  John  Bartram  Memorial  Association. 

At  a  stated  meeting  of  The  St.  Andrew's  Society  the 
following  was  adopted  by  a  rising  vote: 

Charles  Edward  Ronaldson,  who  became  a  member  of  The  St. 
Andrew's  Society  of  Philadelphia  in  1869,  and  who  became  its  Secretary 
in  191 1,  departed  this  life  February  20,  1912.  It  is  therefore  eminently 
fitting  and  proper  for  us  to  place  upon  our  records  a  minute  testifying 
to  our  great  regard  for  him  as  member  and  associate,  as  well  as  an 
officer.  His  intercourse  was  uniformly  distinguished  by  that  quiet  re- 
finement and  retiring  gentleness  which  was  the  legitimate  product  and 
outgrowth  of  a  long  line  of  capable  and  cultured  ancestors  ;  his  scholarly 
attainments  and  ripe  thought  made  his  opinion  sought  for  and  valued ; 
his  loving  and  lovable  social  habits  made  his  company  entertaining  and 
instructive.  He  was  absorbingly  interested  in  our  Society  as  a  whole, 
as  well  as  in  its  individual  members,  and  was  never  happier  than  when 
engaged  in  its  service  or  contributing  to  their  happiness  and  comfort. 
He  brought  to  the  performance  of  his  duties  as  Secretary  the  same  ear- 
nestness, singular  ability,  good  judgment,  exhaustive  painstaking  and 
scrupulous  attention  to  detail  which  challenged  and  received  the  admira- 
tion of  all.  We  shall  miss  him  here  and  elsewhere,  where  we  were  wont 
to  meet  and  greet  him,  and  remember  him  as  one  who  was  everything 
that  a  man  should  be  and  nothing  he  should  not  be. 

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ALEXANDER  WILSON  RUSSELL 

Member  1895 
Rear  Admiral  U.  S.  Navy 
Died  November  26,  1908 


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Funeral  services  were  held  at  St.  Mary's  Protestant 
Episcopal  Church,  Philadelphia,  February  23.  The  church 
was  filled  by  his  friends,  among  whom  were  the  officers 
and  members  of  The  St.  Andrew's  Society,  members  of  col- 
lege fraternities,  together  with  a  large  number  of  the  breth- 
ren of  Lodge  No.  51,  F.  and  A.  M.,  Pennsylvania.  He 
was  interred  in  Woodlands  Cemetery,  Philadelphia.  After 
church  services  at  the  grave  a  Masonic  burial  service  fol- 
lowed. 

ALEXANDER  WILSON  RUSSELL,  Rear  Admiral,  U.  S. 
Navy,  member  1895.  Born  at  Frederick  City,  Maryland, 
February  4,  1824;  died  at  his  home  in  Philadelphia,  No- 
vember 26,  1908. 

He  was  the  son  of  Robert  Greer  Russell  and  Susan  Wood 
Worthington,  the  former  born  in  Gettysburg,  Pennsylvania, 
and  the  latter  in  Montgomery  County,  Maryland. 

He  was  a  grandson  of  Lieutenant  Alexander  Russell, 
of  the  Pennsylvania  line,  Revolutionary  War,  and  a  great- 
grandson  of  Colonel  Robert  McPherson,  who  served  under 
General  John  Forbes  in  1758  in  the  campaign  to  Western 
Pennsylvania  against  the  French  and  Indians. 

Young  Russell  first  attended  school  in  Gettysburg,  later 
the  Frederick  City,  Md.,  Academy,  and  in  1838  entered  a 
law  office  in  Frederick  City.  Four  years  later  he  entered 
the  service  of  the  United  States  as  captain's  clerk,  U.  S. 
Navy,  in  which  service  he  was  to  have  a  long,  varied,  and 
remarkably  interesting  career. 

His  position  carried  him  to  the  coast  of  Africa  under 
Commodore  M.  C.  Perry.  After  this  he  served  in  Company 
"  C,"  Mounted  Rifle  Regiment,  in  the  war  with  Mexico, 
and  from  1858  to  1861  was  clerk  to  the  committee  on  Naval 
Affairs,  United  States  Senate.  He  was  nominated  a  pay- 
master in  the  navy,  and  confirmed  by  the  U.  S.  Senate  Feb- 
ruary 28,  1861 ;  was  assigned  to  U.  S.  ships  Pocahontas  and 
Savannah  on  the  North  and  South  Atlantic  Blockade  in 
1 86 1 ;  to  the  frigate  Colorado  at  the  capture  of  the  forts  on 


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the  Mississippi  River  and  of  New  Orleans;  to  the  South 
Atlantic  Squadron  1863-64.  He  was  especially  thanked 
by  Admiral  Rowan,  in  his  official  despatches,  "  for  great 
zeal  and  ability  in  the  command  of  powder  and  shell  divi- 
sion ;  "  was  attached  to  receiving  ship  North  Carolina,  New 
York,  1864-5; to  tne  Chattanooga,  special  service,  1866;  to 
the  steam  sloop  Sacramento,  1866-7,  until  wrecked  in  the 
Bay  of  Bengal,  coast  of  India;  to  navy  yard,  Washington, 
1868-70;  navy  pay  office,  Philadelphia,  1870-73;  promoted 
to  inspector  March  3,  1871,  and  to  director  February  23, 
1877;  was  at  the  navy  yard,  Philadelphia,  1873-74;  navy 
pay  office,  1874-1877;  navy  pay  office,  Baltimore,  1877-82, 
and  that  in  Philadelphia,  1882-86. 

He  was  retired  under  age  limitation  February  14,  1886, 
and  on  June  29,  1906,  was  advanced  to  the  rank  of  rear- 
admiral  for  service  during  the  Civil  War. 

One  incident  of  his  career  in  his  early  service  occurred 
when  the  Sacramento  was  wrecked  in  the  Bay  of  Bengal, 
coast  of  India.  Two  rafts  were  constructed,  as  life-boats 
could  not  be  used  in  the  heavy  sea,  and  on  one  of  these 
Paymaster  Russell  was  ordered  to  go  to  procure  relief.  He 
had  secured  his  most  important  books  and  papers  carefully 
packed  in  tarpaulin  bags,  and  he  then  voluntarily  provided 
each  of  the  officers  and  leading  men  of  the  crew  with  a  lib- 
eral amount  of  money,  that  they  might  have  funds  in  the 
event  of  their  being  separated  after  escaping  from  the  wreck. 
By  strenuous  efforts  and  after  much  suffering  he  reached 
the  British  officials,  obtained  their  assistance,  and,  returning 
to  the  wreck,  brought  out  the  safe  containing  some  $30,000. 
The  accounts  were  settled  later  without  the  loss  of  a  dollar 
to  either  the  paymaster  or  the  government. 

Admiral  Russell  was  an  ex-vice-commander  and  ex- 
treasurer  of  the  Pennsylvania  Commandery,  Military  Order 
of  the  Loyal  Legion  of  the  United  States;  commander  of 
Pennsylvania  Commandery  Military  Order  of  Foreign  Wars 
of  the  United  States ;  a  member  of  the  Pennsylvania  Society, 

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Sons  of  the  Revolution ;  member  of  the  Society  of  Colonial 
Wars  of  Pennsylvania;  president  of  the  Pennsylvania  Colo- 
nization Society,  and  a  member  of  the  Union  League  of 
Philadelphia. 

He  was  a  member  of  the  Walnut  Street  Presbyterian 
Church,  and  was  buried  in  the  historic  "  Woodlands,"  once 
the  home  of  the  family  of  Andrew  Hamilton. 

Admiral  Russell  was  a  most  genial  and  lovable  man,  full 
of  sympathy  for  those  in  distress,  and  always  ready  to  "  lend 
a  helping  hand  "  to  those  who  needed  it.  He  was  constantly 
doing  kindly  acts  for  others,  and  was  never  as  happy  as 
when  he  was  thus  occupied. 

CAPTAIN  JOHN  AGNEW  SCOT,  member  1902.  Born  in 
Philadelphia,  May  28,  1835;  died  at  Atlantic  City,  N.  J., 
November  25,  1908. 

Captain  Scot  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  Phila- 
delphia, and  later  graduated  from  the  Philadelphia  Poly- 
technic College. 

He  entered  the  naval  service  of  the  United  States  as 
third  assistant  engineer,  October  3,  1861,  passing  through 
all  the  grades  of  the  service  until  retired  as  chief  engineer 
U.  S.  Navy,  June  29,  1906,  with  the  rank  of  captain. 

He  participated  in  the  engagements  at  Forts  Jackson  and 
St.  Philip  on  the  Mississippi,  the  capture  of  New  Orleans, 
the  passage  of  the  boats  in  front  of  Vicksburg,  the  capture 
and  subsequent  loss  of  Galveston,  capture  of  Mobile  Bay, 
and  other  important  naval  movements. 

After  the  war  he  was  assigned  to  important  duties,  in- 
cluding service  on  the  Pacific  coast,  the  Atlantic  and  Asiatic 
stations,  and  during  the  years  1894-1897  he  was  a  member 
of  the  Naval  Engineers'  Retiring  Board. 

His  service  throughout,  covering  thirty-six  years,  was 
marked  by  a  deep  sense  of  fidelity  to  duty. 

Captain  Scot  was  descended  from  an  old  Scotch  family. 
His  grandfather,  Robert  Scot  (member  1786),  was  ap- 


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pointed  by  President  Washington  as  the  first  engraver  of 
the  United  States  Mint.  The  plate  for  the  diploma  of 
membership  still  in  use  by  The  St.  Andrew's  Society  was 
engraved  by  him. 

Captain  Scot  married,  April  15,  1903,  Miss  Sara  Dickin- 
son Shapley,  of  Germantown,  Philadelphia. 

He  was  a  member  of  the  Military  Order  of  the  Loyal 
Legion,  of  Post  No.  2,  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic,  and  a 
Master  Mason  of  Lodge  No.  121,  F.  and  A.  M. 

CAPTAIN  WALTER  SIMS,  member  1790.  On  charter  of 
1808.  Captain  Sims  married  a  daughter  of  Captain  John 
Green,  of  the  Roberts  farm,  near  Newportville,  Bucks 
County,  Pennsylvania,  the  first  captain  to  carry  the  flag 
of  the  United  States  into  China. 

In  1798  Captain  Sims  purchased  an  estate  covering  361 
acres  where  the  Bristol  (Pa.)  College  now  stands,  for 
which  he  paid  10,706  pounds. 

Later  he  removed  to  a  plantation  near  Nashville,  Ten- 
nessee, where  he  died,  as  noticed  in  Poulson's  Advertiser  of 
February  4,  1820,  on  the  8th  of  January  in  that  year. 

CAPTAIN  STEPHEN  C.  SINGLETON,  member  1817.  Died 
at  New  York  on  Friday  (September  16,  1825),  Stephen  C. 
Singleton  of  Philadelphia,  in  the  44th  year  of  his  age.  He 
was  an  expert  and  distinguished  navigator  and  in  private 
life  known  for  the  ardor  of  his  friendship  and  the  unbounded 
generosity  of  his  disposition. 

[Poulson's  A dvertiser,  September  19,  1825.] 

DOCTOR  WHARTON  SINKLER,  member  1886,  Physician 
of  the  Society  1906,  until  he  died.  He  was  born  in  Phila- 
delphia, August  7,  1845.  His  father  was  Charles  Sinkler, 
of  Belvidere  Plantation,  St.  John's  Parish,  South  Carolina. 
His  mother,  Emily  Sinkler,  was  a  daughter  of  the  late 
Thomas  I.  Wharton,  of  Philadelphia.  Although  born  in 

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WHARTON  SINKLER,  M.D. 

Member  1886 
Physician  1906-1910 
Died  March  16,  1910 


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Philadelphia,  Dr.  Sinkler  came  of  a  family  which  had  resided 
in  South  Carolina  for  several  generations.  His  home  during 
his  youth  was  with  his  father  at  Belvidere  Plantation  in 
South  Carolina,  and  he  considered  himself  as  belonging  to 
that  State.  His  early  education  was  received  at  the  prepara- 
tory school  of  Kenyon  College,  at  which  latter  institution 
his  uncle,  Dr.  Francis  Wharton,  the  distinguished  jurist,  was 
at  the  time  professor  of  literature.  Afterward  he  went  to 
a  school  at  Aiken,  South  Carolina,  and  then  entered  South 
Carolina  College  at  Charleston.  At  the  end  of  his  freshman 
year  the  college  closed  on  account  of  the  outbreak  of  the 
Civil  War,  and  in  November,  1863,  he  entered  the  Charleston 
Light  Dragoons,  a  troop  of  cavalry  somewhat  like  the  Phila- 
delphia City  Troop,  which  had  then  been  in  existence  for 
many  years  and  still  exists.  He  served  with  this  troop  for 
about  a  year,  it  being  stationed  near  Charleston  during  that 
time  and  engaged  in  the  defence  of  that  city. 

After  the  lapse  of  a  year  the  Charleston  Light  Dragoons 
were  ordered  to  active  service  in  Virginia,  but  only  the  regu- 
lar number  of  the  troop  were  allowed  to  accompany  it,  and 
preference  was  given  to  those  who  had  served  longest  with 
it.  Dr.  Sinkler,  being  a  comparatively  recent  member,  was 
not  selected,  and  he  with  about  fifty  others,  members  of  the 
Light  Dragoons,  entered  Company  B  of  the  Second  South 
Carolina  Cavalry  in  the  autumn  of  1864.  The  regiment 
remained  about  Charleston  for  a  short  time,  and  in  Novem- 
ber, 1864,  were  ordered  to  the  front.  They  were  engaged 
in  Virginia  and  North  Carolina  until  the  close  of  the  war, 
being  in  active  service  and  undergoing  great  privations  and 
suffering.  Dr.  Sinkler's  parole,  dated  May  26,  1865,  was 
given  by  order  of  Brigadier-General  John  P.  Hatch,  pursuant 
to  the  agreement  of  peace  entered  into  between  General 
Joseph  R.  Johnston  and  General  Sherman. 

At  the  close  of  the  war  Dr.  Sinkler  went  to  Philadelphia, 
entered  the  Medical  Department  of  the  University  of  Penn- 
sylvania, and  graduated  from  that  institution  with  the  class 
of  1868.  He  became  a  resident  physician  at  the  Episcopal 

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Hospital  in  that  city  after  his  graduation.  He  was  an  attend- 
ing physician  to  the  same  institution  for  many  years,  re- 
signing in  1886  to  become  a  manager,  in  which  position  he 
served  for  twenty-four  years.  From  the  time  he  began  the 
practice  of  his  profession  he  made  his  home  in  Philadelphia. 
After  the  expiration  of  his  term  as  resident  physician  at 
the  Episcopal  Hospital,  he  became  engaged  in  the  general 
practice  of  medicine  in  Philadelphia  and  achieved  great 
prominence  as  a  general  practitioner.  Early  in  his  pro- 
fessional career  he  began  to  devote  himself  to  a  special 
study  of  nervous  diseases,  and  in  this  connection  he  became 
chiefly  known.  His  reputation  as  a  neurologist  was  very 
high  throughout  the  country.  While  successful  in  the  treat- 
ment of  cases,  he  was  also  widely  known  to  his  profession 
through  his  many  contributions  to  medical  literature. 

His  activities  in  the  line  of  his  profession  may  be  judged 
by  the  many  positions  in  which  he  served  with  great  skill  and 
faithfulness.  At  the  time  of  his  death  he  held  the  following 
offices : 

Physician  to  Orthopaedic  Hospital  and  Infirmary  for  Nervous  Diseases ; 

Consulting  neurologist  to  State  Hospital  for  the  Chronic  Insane  at  South 
Mountain ; 

Neurologist  to  the  Bryn  Mawr  Hospital; 

President  of  the  Board  of  Managers  of  The  Pennsylvania  Epileptic 
Hospital  and  Colony  Farm ; 

Manager,  Episcopal  Hospital ; 

Member  of  executive  committee,  General  Alumni  Society,  University 
of  Pennsylvania ; 

Consulting  neurologist,  Widener  Home  for  Crippled  Children; 

Trustee,  University  of  Pennsylvania; 

Chairman,  Section  of  Nervous  and  Mental  Diseases,  1906,  of  the  Ameri- 
can Medical  Association; 

Neurologist,  Germantown  Hospital; 

Trustee,  Eastern  Pennsylvania  State  Institution  for  Feeble-minded  and 
Epileptic ; 

Former  president,  Philadelphia  Medical  Club; 

President,  Alumni  Society  Medical  Department  University  of  Penn- 
sylvania ; 

Vice-president,  College  of  Physicians. 

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He  was  also  a  member  of  the  following  medical  societies  : 
American  Medical  Association;  American  Neurologist 
Association;  American  Philosophical  Society;  College  of 
Physicians,  Philadelphia;  National  Association  for  the 
Study  and  Care  of  Epileptics;  Pathological  Society,  Phila- 
delphia; Philadelphia  Neurological  Society;  Philadelphia 
County  Medical  Society ;  and  Society  of  Tropical  Medicine, 
treasurer. 

He  had  many  activities  outside  of  his  profession.  Al- 
ways a  devoted  member  of  his  church,  he  was  for  a  number 
of  years  before  his  death  a  vestryman  of  St.  James's  Prot- 
estant Episcopal  Church  in  Philadelphia.  His  participation 
in  the  educational  affairs  of  the  community  was  shown  by 
his  being  at  the  time  of  his  death  a  trustee  of  the  University 
of  Pennsylvania  and  of  the  Academy  of  the  Protestant 
Episcopal  Church.  He  was  for  a  time  president  of  the 
Southern  Club  of  Philadelphia,  and  was  for  many  years 
and  until  his  death  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Governors 
of  the  Huntingdon  Valley  Country  Club.  He  was  also  a 
director  of  the  Philadelphia  Contributionship. 

He  was  a  member  of  the  Masonic  Order,  and  belonged 
to  the  Aztec  Club  of  Mexico,  Rittenhouse  Club,  University 
Club,  Huntingdon  Valley  Country  Club,  University  Barge 
Club,  Philadelphia  Medical  Club,  Southern  Club  of  Phila- 
delphia, Alpha  Mu  Pi  Omega  Medical  Fraternity,  and  the 
Phi  Kappa  Sigma  Fraternity. 

On  February  10,  1872,  Dr.  S inkier  married  Ella,  daugh- 
ter of  the  late  John  P.  Brock  of  Philadelphia,  and  was  sur- 
vived by  a  widow  and  five  sons  and  two  daughters.  Two 
sons,  Charles  and  Dr.  Francis  W.  Sinkler,  are  members  of 
The  St.  Andrew's  Society. 

Dr.  Sinkler  was  taken  ill  after  returning  from  Rich- 
mond, Virginia,  where  he  was  a  distinguished  guest  of  the 
Tri-State  Medical  Convention,  before  whom  he  read  a  paper. 
He  was  ill  but  three  weeks,  and  died  March  16,  1910.  He 
died  when  at  the  highest  point  in  his  medical  career  and 
usefulness  as  a  physician  and  a  man. 

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EDMUND  SMITH,*  member  1856.  Edmund  Smith,  one 
of  the  sons  of  Robert  Hobart  Smith,  and  grandson  of  Robert 
Smith,  referred  to  below,  was  born  in  Philadelphia,  April  4, 
1829,  and  died  in  that  city  July  31,  1895.  After  completing 
a  course  of  studies  at  the  Friends'  Academy  and  at  the  Phila- 
delphia high  school,  he  spent  two  years  in  a  wholesale  drug 
house,  acquiring  a  knowledge  of  commercial  methods. 

In  June,  1847,  when  eighteen  years  of  age,  he  received 
an  appointment  in  a  corps  of  civil  engineers,  then  about  to 
engage  in  the  survey  and  location  of  a  section  of  the  Penn- 
sylvania Railroad,  between  Huntingdon  and  the  Allegheny 
Mountains.  In  this,  and,  later,  the  work  of  construction,  he 
was  employed  until  the  spring  of  1850,  when  he  was  sent 
to  Blairsville,  on  the  Western  Division  of  the  road. 

In  March,  1853,  he  was  transferred  to  the  company's 
office  in  Philadelphia,  having  been  assigned  to  a  responsible 
post  there.  He  was  elected  secretary  of  the  company  Janu- 
ary 1 6,  1855,  and  held  that  office  until  May  2,  1869;  served 
as  third  vice-president  from  May  3,  1869,  to  February  28, 
1873;  as  treasurer  from  March  i,  1873,  to  July  31,  1874; 
as  second  vice-president  from  June  29,  1874,  to  September 
30,  1882,  and  as  first  vice-president  from  October  i,  1882, 
to  June  30,  1888. 

In  the  years  1859  and  1862  he  went  abroad,  and  spent 
much  of  his  time  in  studying  the  railway  systems  of  Great 
Britain  and  the  Continent. 

In  1870  he  purchased  the  Colemanville  Iron  Works  prop- 
erty, in  Lancaster,  at  the  junction  of  the  Pequea  Creek  and 
the  Susquehanna  River,  comprising  a  forge  and  rolling- 
mill,  and  an  estate  of  twelve  hundred  acres  of  land. 

Mr.  Smith  was  a  member  of  the  Union  League,  a  contrib- 
utor to  the  Pennsylvania  Hospital  and  to  other  charities. 

*  The  sketches  presented  of  Edmund  Smith,  John  Rhea  C.  Smith, 
Robert  Hobart  Smith,  and  Captain  Robert  Smith  are  from  Frank 
Willing  Leach's  monographs  in  the  Sunday  edition  of  the  Philadelphia 
North  American, 

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He  married,  December  9,  1851,  Arabella  Barnes,  daugh- 
ter of  Henry  and  Marilla  (nee  Weldon)  Barnes,  and  to 
them  were  born  four  children. 

JOHN  RHEA  CLARENDON  SMITH,  member  1815.  John 
R.  C.  Smith  was  the  only  adult  son  of  Robert  Smith,  by  his 
first  wife.  He  was  born  in  Philadelphia,  March  19,  1783, 
and  died  in  that  city  July  i,  1868,  aged  85  years.  He  was 
buried  at  the  Church  of  St.  James  the  Less,  Falls  of  Schuyl- 
kill. 

Entering  the  College  of  New  Jersey — now  Princeton 
University — when  a  youth  of  fourteen,  he  graduated  in  1801, 
when  only  eighteen  years  of  age.  While  at  that  institution, 
following  a  sentimental  custom  largely  prevalent  among  the 
undergraduates,  he  adopted  an  additional  name,  to  wit, 
"  Clarendon,"  and  was  ever  afterward  known  as  John  Rhea 
Clarendon  Smith. 

Upon  leaving  college,  he  entered  the  mercantile  house 
of  Willing  &  Francis,  and  there,  through  proven  ability, 
receiving  the  highest  praise  from  his  employers,  who  sent 
him  to  Canton  and  Brazil  upon  different  occasions  as  super- 
cargo. He  continued  to  follow  commercial  pursuits  for 
many  years,  attaining  both  prominence  and  financial  success. 

He  joined,  May  20,  1805,  his  father's  old  command, 
the  First  Troop  Philadelphia  City  Cavalry;  in  1810  he  be- 
came third  corporal  and  in  1811  fourth  sergeant  and  later 
first  sergeant.  In  1811  he  was  chosen  treasurer  of  the 
command,  and  held  this  post  until  1824. 

In  1815  he  was  commissioned  cornet ;  the  following  year, 
1816,  was  promoted  to  his  father's  former  post,  second  lieu- 
tenant, and  in  1817  was  advanced  to  the  captaincy  of  the 
command,  and  continued  therein  until  1825. 

Three  years  previously,  June  13,  1822,  the  First  and 
Second  Troops  of  Cavalry  were  formed  into  a  squadron,  of 
which  Captain  Smith  was  made  major. 

He  figured  conspicuously  in  the  demonstration  upon  the 
occasion  of  General  Lafayette's  visit  to  Philadelphia,  in 


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September,  1824.  His  troop  and  several  other  cavalry 
organizations  were  formed  into  a  squadron,  of  which  he 
was  given  the  command,  and,  marching  to  Morrisville,  oppo- 
site Trenton,  the  distinguished  Frenchman  was  met  and 
escorted  to  Philadelphia.  Throughout  the  sojourn  of  the 
Marquis  in  the  Quaker  City,  the  First  Troop  acted  as  a  per- 
sonal escort  to  him,  and  Captain  Smith  was  constantly  in  his 
company. 

Captain  Smith,  according  to  the  Troop's  historian,  "  was 
much  beloved  for  his  admirable  qualities  and  soldierlike 
characteristics,"  and  November  17,  1823,  at  their  annual 
anniversary  banquet,  he  was  presented  with  a  sword  and  a 
full  suit  of  horse  equipments,  "  as  a  mark  of  its  regard 
and  respect." 

A  year  later,  November  17,  1824,  at  a  banquet  in  cele- 
bration of  the  5Oth  anniversary  of  its  existence,  this  toast 
was  given: 

J.  R.  C.  Smith,  Esqr. — Our  noble  Captain — Relying  upon  the  basis 
of  his  own  merit,  he  neither  requires  praise,  nor  fears  reproach. 

Within  a  year,  his  honorable  military  career  was  brought 
to  a  close  under  unfortunate  circumstances.  Upon  receiv- 
ing an  order  from  an  officer,  who,  according  to  Captain 
Smith's  understanding,  was  not  his  superior,  he  declined 
to  obey  it.  For  this  he  was  court-martialed  and  his  com- 
mission as  captain  revoked. 

The  sympathies  of  the  Troop  were  entirely  with  their 
commander,  and  he  was  continued  as  a  private  until  the  fol- 
lowing year,  when,  April  19,  1826,  he  was  placed  upon  the 
Honorary  Roll. 

In  1815  Captain  Smith  was  elected  to  membership  in 
The  St.  Andrew's  Society,  of  which  his  father  was  then 
president. 

"  Being  a  gentleman  of  means  and  refined  tastes,"  says 
the  Troop's  historian,  he  spent  the  remaining  years  of  his 
long  life  in  the  retirement  of  his  home,  where  he  died. 

Captain  Smith  was  married  to  Miss  Maria  Bell,  of  a 
Philadelphia  family. 

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CAPTAIN  ROBERT  SMITH 

Member  1784 
President  1813-1830 
Died  April  15,  1838 


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ROBERT  SMITH,  member  1784,  Assistant  1786-1793, 
1803-1808,  Vice-president  1809-1812,  President  1813- 
1830.  In  the  first  volume  of  the  "  Historical  Catalogue, 
The  St.  Andrew's  Society,"  in  a  brief  reference  to  such 
details  as  were  then  obtainable,  it  was  stated : 

The  records  examined  do  not  furnish  any  data  as  to  the  place  of 
birth  or  ancestry  of  Robert  Smith.  .  .  .  His  official  positions  in  The 
St.  Andrew's  Society  cover  probably  a  longer  period  than  that  of  any 
other  member. 

His  portrait  is  the  only  one  missing  in  that  volume  of 
the  long  line  of  Presidents  of  the  Society  from  1749  to  date, 
and  that,  with  full  details  of  his  long  and  useful  life,  has  now 
been  furnished  through  the  valuable  monographs  of  "  Old 
Philadelphia  Families,"  by  Frank  Willing  Leach,  in  the 
Sunday  edition  of  the  North  American,  here  freely  made 
use  of. 

The  portrait  now  given  of  Robert  Smith  is  from  an  oil 
painting  by  the  famous  artist  Thomas  Sully,  in  possession 
of  a  granddaughter,  Mrs.  Francis  R.  Jackson,  of  Bryn 
Mawr,  who  courteously  gave  permission  for  a  photograph 
for  this  work. 

William  Smith,  the  father  of  Robert  Smith,  was  born 
in  Dumfries,  Scotland,  in  1717.  In  July,  1743,  he  was  mar- 
ried, in  New  York  City,  to  Miss  Elizabeth  Corrin,  of  English 
extraction.  They  had  nine  children,  but  only  two  of  these 
are  known  to  have  married, — Robert,  referred  to  below, 
and  Mary,  a  daughter,  who  married  Alexander  Robertson, 
a  native  of  Falkirk,  who  became  one  of  the  leading  mer- 
chants in  New  York  and  was  treasurer  of  the  Saint 
Andrew's  Society  of  that  city  1787-1793. 

Our  member,  Robert  Smith,  was  born  in  New  York  City, 
November  20,  1752,  and  was  but  fifteen  years  of  age  when 
he  was  doubly  orphaned  by  the  death  of  both  parents,  only  a 
year  apart,  when  he  became  a  member  of  the  family  of  his 
married  sister,  Mrs.  Robertson,  and,  in  time  was  associated 
in  business  with  his  brother-in-law. 

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He  was  but  twenty-two  years  of  age  when  the  Battle  of 
Lexington  was  fought,  and  he  at  once  offered  his  services 
in  behalf  of  American  Independence,  and  in  1775  aided  in 
recruiting  a  company  of  Scotchmen,  of  which  he  was  made 
captain.  Officers  and  men  were  dressed  in  full  Highland 
costume  and  accoutrements. 

In  June,  1776,  he  was  commissioned  captain  in  a  regiment 
of  New  York  militia  commanded  by  Colonel  William  Mal- 
colm, who  also  was  of  Scotch  antecedents.  Captain  Smith 
took  part  in  the  strenuous  campaign  on  Long  Island,  and 
was  wounded  in  the  disastrous  Battle  of  White  Plains, 
October  28,  1776.  In  spite  of  his  disability,  he  accompanied 
the  army  under  Washington  in  the  retreat  into  and  through 
New  Jersey. 

Colonel  Malcolm's  command  became  one  of  the  Sixteen 
Additional  Continental  Regiments,  under  the  Resolve  of 
Congress,  December  27,  1776,  which  were  not  numbered, 
but  were  known  by  the  names  of  their  respective  colonels. 
The  lieutenant-colonel  of  this  regiment  was  Aaron  Burr, 
afterward  Vice-president  of  the  United  States,  but  better 
known  by  reason  of  his  having  killed  Alexander  Hamilton 
in  a  duel. 

Captain  Smith  was  commissioned  a  company  comman- 
der in  Malcolm's  Regiment  in  January,  1777,  just  after  the 
American  successes  at  Trenton  and  Princeton.  Then  came 
the  battles  of  the  Brandywine  and  of  Germantown,  followed 
by  the  worse  than  sanguinary  struggle  with  nature  at  Valley 
Forge. 

With  the  evacuation  of  Philadelphia  by  the  British  came 
renewed  activity  on  the  part  of  the  American  forces.  The 
Delaware  was  crossed,  and  the  Continentals  followed  the 
retreating  army  to  Monmouth,  where,  June  28,  1 778,  a  glor- 
ious victory  was  won  by  Washington's  army.  Here  Smith 
received  his  second  wound,  a  more  serious  one  than  that 
which  he  had  suffered  at  White  Plains  two  years  previously. 
He  was  so  long  recovering  from  this  injury  that  he  never 
returned  to  active  service. 

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Exactly  when  Robert  Smith  came  to  Philadelphia  is  not 
known,  but  it  was  while  the  war  of  independence  was  still 
in  progress,  as,  in  May,  1781,  he  was  enrolled  as  a  private 
in  the  celebrated  Troop  of  Light  Horse — now  the  First 
Troop  Philadelphia  City  Cavalry — which  had  been  organ- 
ized November  17,  1774,  and  had  rendered  valuable  service 
during  the  seven  years  which  followed. 

In  1794  the  Whiskey  Insurrection  in  Western  Pennsyl- 
vania occurred,  and  the  troop  volunteered  its  services  and 
took  the  field.  Private  Smith  was  advanced  to  the  post  of 
second  sergeant  and  participated  in  the  brief  campaign,  and 
was  later  commissioned  as  second  lieutenant.  While  filling 
this  latter  post,  the  troop  was  again  called  into  active  ser- 
vice, upon  the  second  of  the  historic  insurrections  which  the 
Federal  Government  was  called  upon  to  quell  during  the  last 
decade  of  the  i8th  century,  the  Fries  Rebellion,  in  North- 
ampton and  contiguous  counties.  In  this  campaign  Lieuten- 
ant Smith  rendered  intelligent  and  effective  service.  The 
post  of  second  lieutenant  was  held  by  him  until  1803,  when 
he  resigned  and  was  made  an  honorary  member. 

As  honorable  and  conspicuous  as  were  Robert  Smith's 
military  services  during  and  after  the  Revolution,  he  was 
even  more  widely  known  as  a  dominant  factor  in  the  com- 
mercial life  of  Philadelphia.  Soon  after  locating  there  he 
engaged  in  mercantile  pursuits,  and  for  many  years  was 
looked  upon  as  an  exemplar  of  all  that  was  honorable  in 
commercial  methods  and  practices.  Throughout  his  long 
life  as  a  Philadelphian — he  attained  the  ripe  age  of  eighty- 
six  years,  nearly  sixty  of  which  were  spent  in  the  Quaker 
City — he  was  a  recognized  leader  not  only  in  the  business 
world,  but  in  the  higher  phases  of  development  which  mark 
the  progress  of  an  enlightened  community. 

Mr.  Smith  was  one  of  five  trustees  named  by  Stephen 
Girard,  who  in  the  event  of  his  death  were  promptly  to  pay 
depositors  in  his  bank.  In  1826  Mr.  Girard  executed  a 
new  indenture,  naming  ten  trustees  instead  of  five,  with 
Robert  Smith  one  of  the  number.  After  the  death  of  Mr. 

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Girard,  which  occurred  December  26,  1831,  these  trustees 
successfully  wound  up  all  the  affairs  in  which  Mr.  Girard 
was  interested,  and  handed  to  the  executors  securities  aggre- 
gating over  four  million  dollars. 

Captain  Smith  served  repeatedly  in  the  Common  Council 
of  the  city,  whose  membership  at  that  time  comprised  only 
the  most  eminent  citizens  of  the  municipality.  He  was  trus- 
tee of  the  General  Loan  Office  of  Pennsylvania,  to  which 
responsible  post  he  was  named  in  1791. 

He  was  a  member  and  for  nearly  half  a  century  an  elder 
of  the  Second  Presbyterian  Church,  and  throughout  his  long 
life  was  repeatedly  chosen  to  positions  of  trust  by  that  con- 
gregation. 

Among  other  institutions  of  a  philanthropic  nature  with 
which  he  was  connected  was  the  Pennsylvania  Hospital,  to 
which  he  became  a  contributor  in  1787,  and  from  1798  to 
1805  he  sat  upon  the  board  of  management.  He  was  also 
one  of  the  founders  of  the  Philadelphia  Dispensary,  and 
succeeded  Bishop  William  White  as  president. 

He  was  for  a  long  time  an  intimate  friend,  as  well  as  a 
patient,  of  Dr.  Benjamin  Rush,  the  celebrated  physician 
and  statesman.  The  latter  had  treated  him  successfully  for 
tuberculosis,  and,  in  one  of  his  lectures,  cited  the  case  as 
proof  that  this  dread  disease  could  be  eradicated. 

His  death  occurred  April  15,  1838,  and  he  was  buried 
in  the  burial-ground  of  the  Second  Presbyterian  Church. 
Upon  his  tombstone  was  inscribed :  "  Mark  the  perfect  man 
and  behold  the  upright,  for  the  end  of  that  man  is  peace." 

Robert  Smith  was  married  three  times,  first  on  March  9, 
1781,  soon  after  establishing  himself  in  Philadelphia,  to 
Ann,  a  daughter  of  John  Rhea.  He  married,  secondly,  Mrs. 
Rebecca  Hobart  Potts,  widow  of  Nathaniel  Potts  and  a  sis- 
ter of  Right  Rev.  John  Henry  Hobart,  Protestant  Episcopal 
Bishop  of  New  York.  Mr.  Smith's  third  wife  was  Miss 
Mary  Feariss,  who  survived  him  nine  years. 

Mr.  Smith  had  five  children  by  his  first  wife  and  eight 
by  the  second  wife.  Of  these,  John  Rhea  and  Robert  Hobart 

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Smith  became  members  of  The  St.  Andrew's  Society  in 
1815,  when  their  father  was  President.  Their  biographies 
appear  here  from  the  same  source. 

ROBERT  HOBART  SMITH,  member  1815.  Robert  Hobart 
Smith,  the  eldest  son  of  Robert  Smith  by  his  second  wife, 
Rebecca  Hobart,  was  born  in  Philadelphia,  April  23,  1792. 
After  spending  six  months  at  the  College  of  New  Jersey, 
he  matriculated  at  the  University  of  Pennsylvania  in  1805, 
where  he  was  graduated  in  1808.  After  a  course  of  legal 
studies  in  the  law  office  of  Jared  Ingersoll,  he  was  admitted 
to  the  Philadelphia  Bar  October  24,  1812. 

After  practising  for  a  time,  he  concluded  to  abandon  the 
legal  profession,  believing  himself  called  to  ecclesiastical 
service.  After  a  course  of  study  at  Princeton  Theological 
Seminary,  he  was,  in  1829,  licensed  to  preach  by  the  Presby- 
tery of  Philadelphia. 

His  health,  however,  was  not  sufficiently  robust  to  permit 
him  to  assume  a  pastoral  charge,  but,  from  time  to  time,  he 
officiated  at  the  various  philanthropic  institutions  of  the  city, 
and,  for  nearly  a  quarter  of  a  century,  was  a  ruling  elder  of 
the  Second  Presbyterian  Church  of  Philadelphia,  and  treas- 
urer of  the  General  Assembly  for  many  years.  "  He  was  a 
good  classical  scholar,"  it  is  said,  "  and,  as  he  grew  older, 
he  would  often  turn  to  these  favorite  studies  of  his  youth 
as  a  means  of  mental  recreation." 

In  1815,  at  the  time  his  half-brother,  John  Rhea  Claren- 
don Smith,  joined  The  St.  Andrew's  Society,  Robert  Hobart 
Smith  also  became  a  member.  From  1832  to  1855  tne  latter 
filled  the  office  of  City  Clerk  of  Philadelphia. 

During  the  concluding  years  of  his  life  Mr.  Smith's  home 
was  in  Germantown,  where  he  died  August  10,  1858. 

He  married,  September  23,  1813,  Mary  Potts,  daughter 
of  Joseph  and  Sarah  (nee  Potts)  Potts.  She  was  born  De- 
cember 7,  1792,  and  died  February  n,  1878.  Resulting 
from  this  alliance,  nine  children  were  born,  to  wit :  Rebecca, 
Robert,  Joseph  Potts,  William  Alexander,  Alfred,  Sarah 

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Potts,  Hobart,  Edmund,  and  Corrin  Frank.  Of  this  num- 
ber both  daughters  and  three  sons  died  unmarried — the  lat- 
ter, Robert  Smith,  Joseph  Potts,  and  Hobart  Smith.  All 
of  these,  however,  reached  a  mature  age. 

WILLIAM  SMITH,- M.D.,  member  1789.  Doctor  Smith 
was  a  son  of  Samuel  Smith  of  Philadelphia,  and  was  born 
in  that  city  in  1746,  and  died  there  on  May  20,  1822. 

He  was  educated  at  the  old  academy  on  Fourth  Street, 
and  later  graduated  from  the  College  of  New  Jersey 
(Princeton),  in  1766.  The  degree  of  A.M.  was  conferred 
upon  him  by  that  college  in  1784.  He  entered  the  Medical 
Department  of  the  college  preceding  the  University  of  Penn- 
sylvania, and  graduated  in  1771  as  M.D. 

He  engaged  in  the  drug  business  as  junior  partner  of 
Lehman  &  Smith,  for  many  years  one  of  the  leading  estab- 
lishments of  that  class  in  Philadelphia. 

Dr.  Smith  took  an  active  interest  in  public  affairs,  espe- 
cially during  the  Revolutionary  War,  and  was  a  deputy 
from  Philadelphia  to  the  Provincial  Convention  July  15, 
1774.  In  August,  1776,  Congress  appointed  Dr.  Smith  to 
the  official  position  of  druggist  to  be  located  in  Philadelphia, 
and  in  April,  1777,  that  body  voted,  naming  him  as  Con- 
tinental druggist,  moneys  for  medicines  and  supplies  for 
public  use  and  for  medicines  furnished  the  brig  Lexington. 

He  served  as  captain  of  a  company  with  the  forces  sent 
to  delay  the  advance  of  General  Howe  to  Philadelphia. 

Dr.  Smith  was  elected  a  member  of  the  American  Philo- 
sophical Society  in  January,  1792,  and  was  one  of  the  organ- 
izers and  a  director  of  the  Insurance  Company  of  the  State 
of  Pennsylvania. 

He  was  twice  married,  first  in  Graeme  Park,  Pennsyl- 
vania, to  Ann,  the  eldest  daughter  of  Captain  James  and 
Mary  Jane  Graeme  Young  and  granddaughter  of  Dr. 
Thomas  Graeme  of  The  St.  Andrew's  Society.  This  lady 
died  April  4,  1780.  Dr.  Smith  was  married  again  on  Novem- 

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THOMAS  DUNCAN  SMITH,  ESQ. 

Counsellor  1868-1873 
Vice-President  1874-1880 

Died  October  n.  1880 
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her  u,  1783,  to  Letitia  Correy,  daughter  of  John  Correy, 
a  leading  merchant  in  Philadelphia  of  that  time. 

Of  the  children  of  Dr.  Smith,  one  son,  William  Har- 
rison, joined  The  St.  Andrew's  Society  in  1817.  Another 
son,  Samuel  F.,  was  for  many  years  president  of  the  Phila- 
delphia National  Bank,  retiring  from  that  position  January 
26,  1852,  and  he  died  in  August  of  that  year. 

WILLIAM  ANTHONY  SMITH,  M.D.,  member  1879,  was 
born  at  Huntingdon,  Pa.,  November  13,  1809,  son  of 
General  William  Rudolph  Smith.  Dr.  Smith  practised  his 
profession  successfully  for  many  years  in  Cambria  County 
and  until  the  breaking  out  of  the  Civil  War,  when  he  ten- 
dered his  services  as  surgeon  to  the  North,  and  served 
throughout  the  war,  at  one  time  being  a  prisoner  at  Ander- 
sonville.  He  became  a  member  of  The  St.  Andrew's  Society 
in  1879  by  right  of  Scotch  descent,  his  great-grandfather  be- 
ing the  Rev.  William  Smith,  D.D.,  an  early  President  of  the 
Society,  and  his  grandfather,  William  Moore  Smith,  one 
of  its  early  secretaries  and  its  first  counsellor.  On  the  mater- 
nal side  he  was  a  great-grandson  of  Michael  Hillegas,  first 
Treasurer  of  the  United  States  during  the  Revolution. 

Dr.  Smith  took  a  lively  interest  in  the  welfare  and  work 
of  the  Society,  was  a  constant  attendant  at  all  its  meetings 
up  to  within  a  short  time  of  his  death,  and  to  him  the  Society 
is  indebted  for  two  valuable  biographical  pamphlets  read  at 
its  quarterly  meetings  at  Augustin's,  one  on  Hon.  James 
Hamilton  and  the  other  on  the  life  of  Dr.  Thomas  Graeme, 
the  first  President  of  The  St.  Andrew's  Society. 

Dr.  Smith  died  at  Philadelphia  on  October  30,  1887,  and 
is  buried  at  Laurel  Hill. 

WILLIAM  HARRISON  SMITH,  member  1817.  He  was  a 
son  of  Dr.  William  Smith  (member  1789)  and  of  his  wife 
Letitia  Correy  Smith.  He  was  born  in  Philadelphia,  January 
29,  1786. 

He  early  entered  into  mercantile  business  in  Philadelphia 


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and  became  extensively  engaged  as  an  importer,  his  trade 
being  largely  with  China  and  other  Oriental  ports. 

His  younger  brother,  John  Correy  Smith,  was  associ- 
ated with  him  in  business. 

COLONEL  ARCHIBALD  LOUDON  SNOWDEN,  member  1864, 
Counsellor  1865-66.  Born  in  Cumberland  County,  Penn- 
sylvania, August  n,  1837.  Died  in  Philadelphia,  September 
9,  1912. 

He  was  a  son  of  Dr.  Isaac  Wayne  Snowden  of  Phila- 
delphia, who  served  as  surgeon  under  General  Andrew  Jack- 
son, and  of  Margaret  Bines  Snowden  of  Cumberland  County. 

After  graduating  from  Jefferson  College,  now  Wash- 
ington and  Jefferson,  at  Canonsburg,  Pennsylvania,  Colonel 
Snowden  entered  the  Law  School  of  the  University  of  Penn- 
sylvania and  was  admitted  to  the  bar.  Washington  and 
Jefferson  College  later  conferred  upon  him  degrees  of  A.M. 
and  LL.D. 

He  married  in  Philadelphia,  February  16,  1864,  Eliza- 
beth Robinson,  daughter  of  Isaac  Robinson  Smith,  and  they 
had  one  son,  Charles  Randolph,  and  two  daughters,  Mrs. 
Stuyvesant  Wainright  and  Mrs.  Frank  Samuel. 

During  the  Civil  War  Colonel  Snowden  organized  a 
regiment,  which  he  partly  equipped  at  his  own  expense,  and 
was  appointed  lieutenant-colonel;  but  the  quota  of  Penn- 
sylvania was  then  filled,  and  the  companies  were  scattered  to 
organizations  in  other  States. 

He  served  with  the  First  City  Troop  in  the  preliminary 
skirmishes  before  Gettysburg.  He  was  a  member  of  this 
troop  for  fifteen  years  and  became  commander  in  1877. 

In  the  early  seventies  Colonel  Snowden  was  appointed 
register  of  the  United  States  Mint  and  later  became  coiner. 
In  1877  ne  was  appointed  postmaster  of  Philadelphia,  but 
later  returned  to  the  mint  as  superintendent,  after  having 
twice  refused  the  appointment  of  director  of  all  the  mints. 
He  became  a  recognized  authority  on  all  subjects  relating 
to  coins  and  coinage. 

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COL.  ARCHIBALD  LOUDON  SNOWDEN 

Member  1864 

Counsellor  1865-1866 

Died  September  9,  1912 


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Colonel  Snowden  managed  the  great  parade  on  Decem- 
ber 1 6,  1879,  celebrating  General  Grant's  return  after  a 
trip  around  the  world,  and  again  in  1887  showed  his  execu- 
tive ability  in  organizing  the  civic  parade  under  the  auspices 
of  the  Constitutional  Centennial  Commission. 

The  colonel  began  his  diplomatic  service  in  1889,  when 
he  was  appointed  Minister  Resident  and  Consul-General  to 
Greece,  Roumania,  and  Servia  by  President  Harrison. 
Shortly  thereafter  Congress  raised  the  grade  to  that  of 
Envoy  Extraordinary  and  Minister  Plenipotentiary. 
Colonel  Snowden  was  later  transferred  to  the  Court  of 
Madrid,  where  he  successfully  settled  grave  diplomatic 
questions.  The  Queen  Regent  of  Spain  conferred  on  him 
the  Grand  Cordon  of  Isabella  the  Catholic.  He  also  re- 
ceived honors  from  the  kings  of  Greece  and  Roumania. 

For  years  Colonel  Snowden  was  a  member  of  the  Park 
Commission,  and  at  the  time  of  his  death  was  president  of 
the  body.  He  was  recently  named  by  Mayor  Blankenburg 
as  a  member  of  the  Comprehensive  Plans  Committee.  He 
was  a  member  of  the  American  Philosophical  Society,  Sons 
of  the  Revolution,  the  Union  League,  Philadelphia,  and  other 
organizations. 

Colonel  Snowden  was  a  ready,  eloquent,  and  impres- 
sive speaker,  and  his  services  were  always  in  demand  during 
political  campaigns.  Of  fine  personal  appearance,  dignified 
but  affable  and  courteous  in  manner,  he  had  a  host  of 
friends  at  home  and  abroad,  and  his  death  was  a  distinct 
loss  to  his  city. 

JAMES  LAING  SOMMERVILLE,  member  1900.  Born  in 
Airdrie,  Lanarkshire,  Scotland,  August  16,  1837;  died  at 
his  home  in  Winburne,  Clearfield  County,  Penna.,  August 
24,  1912.  He  was  the  only  child  of  John  S.  Sommerville 
of  Shotts,  Lanarkshire,  and  Elizabeth  Laing  of  Airdrie, 
his  wife. 

After  the  death  of  his  mother,  when  about  9  years  old, 
he  accompanied  his  father  to  this  country  and  located  in 


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Snow  Shoe,  Penna.  He  attended  the  public  schools,  and 
completed  his  education  at  the  Belle  fonte  Academy  and 
Franklin  Institute,  Philadelphia.  At  the  latter  place  he 
studied  civil  engineering,  and  in  1858  was  employed  on  the 
Bellefonte  and  Snow  Shoe  Railroad,  then  under  construc- 
tion. On  the  completion  of  the  railroad,  he  was  appointed 
assistant  engineer,  and  later  chief  engineer  and  land  agent. 
He  was  associated  with  his  father  in  the  management  of  the 
coal  properties  of  this  company,  and  they  were  the  first 
shippers  of  coal  from  the  Snow  Shoe  region.  Later  Mr. 
Sommerville  moved  to  Winburne,  where  he  opened  the 
coal  and  laid  out  the  town.  He  also  organized  the  Carn- 
warth  Coal  Company  (named  after  Carnwarth  in  Lanark- 
shire), of  which  he  was  president,  was  a  trustee  of  the 
Cottage  State  Hospital  of  Philipsburg,  president  of  the 
Winburne  Water  Co.  and  of  the  Bituminous  National  Bank 
of  Winburne. 

He  was  a  life-long  member  of  the  Presbyterian  Church, 
and  for  over  forty  years  an  elder.  At  the  time  of  his  death 
he  was  trustee  of  the  Presbytery  of  Huntingdon,  and  was 
twice  its  representative  to  the  General  Assembly. 

Mr.  Sommerville  was  widely  known  and  recognized 
as  a  man  of  rare  judgment,  safe  and  sane  in  counsel,  wise, 
unselfish,  and  generous.  He  identified  himself  with  all  re- 
forms and  movements  which  were  for  the  betterment  of 
the  community. 

He  married  in  Bellefonte  on  October  n,  1860,  Jane  M. 
Harris,  a  daughter  of  James  D.  and  Mary  Ann  Harris  of 
that  place.  Mrs.  Sommerville  was  also  active  in  church 
work,  was  a  woman  of  beautiful  character,  and  theirs  was 
an  ideal  married  life.  She  died  March  12,  1912,  while 
president  of  the  Woman's  Foreign  Missionary  Society. 
Both  husband  and  wife  are  buried  in  Bellefonte. 

Their  surviving  children  are  Bond  V.,  John  S.,  Alan  O., 
Robert  H.,  Donald  L.,  and  two  daughters,  Elizabeth  L.  and 
Mary  Sommerville. 


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DAVID  SPROAT,  member  1765,  Assistant  1767,  Secretary 
1768-69,  Vice-president  1772-73. 

Mr.  Sproat  was  the  son  of  David  Sproat,  of  Port  Mary, 
Kirkcudbright,  Scotland.  He  came  to  Philadelphia  in  the 
year  1760,  and  soon  entered  into  mercantile  business  as  an 
importer  and  dealer  in  cloths,  dry  goods,  etc.,  being  located 
in  1767-68  on  Front  Street  between  Chestnut  and  Walnut 
Streets. 

He  was  one  of  the  signers,  on  October  25,  1765,  of  the 
Non-importation  Resolutions;  but,  when  war  opened  be- 
tween the  Colonies  and  Great  Britain,  he  felt  it  his  duty 
to  cast  his  fortune  with  the  mother-country  and  this  proved 
to  be  at  great  pecuniary  sacrifice. 

He  entered  the  British  service  as  a  volunteer  under  Lord 
Howe  in  the  expedition  to  the  Chesapeake  preparatory  to  the 
occupation  of  Philadelphia,  and,  after  the  battle  on  the 
Brandy  wine,  September  n,  1777,  Mr.  Sproat  was  appointed 
commissary  of  prisoners.  On  October  13,  1779,  he  was 
made  commissary  general  of  naval  prisoners,  and  was  sta- 
tioned in  New  York  City,  where  American  prisoners  of  war 
were  confined  on  a  number  of  prison-ships  in  that  harbor. 

Charges  of  cruel  treatment  of  prisoners,  as  to  their  care, 
clothing,  and  food,  reflecting  severely  upon  those  in  charge, 
were  freely  made  in  the  public  press  and  in  letters  and 
pamphlets ;  but  a  recent  publication  from  the  Knickerbocker 
Press,  New  York,  by  Mr.  James  Lenox  Banks,  "  David 
Sproat  and  Naval  Prisoners  in  the  War  of  the  Revolution," 
shows,  by  letters  and  official  documents,  that  Mr.  Sproat 
had  used  all  the  means  in  his  power  to  alleviate  the  con- 
dition of  prisoners  under  his  charge. 

Mr.  Banks,  in  the  book  referred  to,  says  that  many  of 
the  statements  as  to  the  treatment  of  prisoners  were  largely 
based  upon  unproven  charges  of  early  writers  and  upon  tra- 
ditions founded  in  the  bitter  feeling  of  the  day,  when  accu- 
sations were  made  that  might  have  been  tempered  upon 
second  thought. 


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That  the  guards  upon  these  prison-ships  at  times  exceeded  their 
authority  and  abused  prisoners,  then  as  they  have  done  since,  is  more 
than  probable,  but  no  instances  have  been  found  to  show  that  the  offi- 
cers in  whose  charge  the  prisoners  were  used  other  than  the  best  means 
obtainable  to  relieve  their  distress  and  promote  their  comfort. 

Mr.  Sproat  endeavored  to  secure  release  from  his  painful 
duties,  but  Lord  Rodney  prevailed  on  him  to  continue  in  that 
service  as  "  the  only  person  I  can  find  capable  of  managing 
the  business  properly." 

Mr.  Sproat  made  personal  appeals  to  people  in  New 
York  for  money  to  relieve  the  prisoners  under  his  charge,  by 
the  purchase  of  suitable  supplies  of  clothing  and  bedding, 
and  advanced  for  this  purpose  550  pounds  of  his  own  money, 
which  Congress  in  1784,  upon  the  recommendation  of  Robert 
Morris,  ordered  to  be  repaid  to  him,  thus  showing  the  con- 
fidence of  that  body  in  Mr.  Sproat's  honesty  and  in  his  work 
under  such  conditions. 

At  the  time  of  his  leaving  Philadelphia  to  enter  the 
British  service,  he  resided  at  the  southwest  corner  of  Walnut 
and  Front  Streets.  In  a  petition  presented  to  the  British 
government  for  reimbursement  for  losses  sustained,  he  said, 
"  that  in  consequence  of  his  loyalty  to  the  Crown  he  had 
been  attainted  of  High  Treason  and  his  Estates  confiscated 
and  sold,"  "  his  House  was  ransacked  by  the  Committee, 
his  desk  broke  open,  his  Books,  papers  and  furniture  much 
damaged,  his  clerk  confined  in  a  Dungeon,  his  Servants 
turned  out  of  doors,  and  his  House  converted  into  a  Hospital 
for  the  accommodation  of  the  Rebel  Soldiers." 

Mr.  Sproat  left  New  York  for  Scotland  in  December, 
1783,  and  settled  on  the  entailed  estate  Port  Mary,  Kirkcud- 
bright. The  following  year  he  was  elected  a  member  of  the 
Town  Council,  and  was  twice  elected  Provost. 

He  died  there  in  October,  1799,  aged  65  years.  The 
entailed  estate  then  passed  to  his  nephew,  Major  David 
Lenox  of  Philadelphia  (member  1788),  whose  biography 
is  recorded  in  the  "  History  of  The  St.  Andrew's  Society  " 
(1907),  pages  222-23.  Upon  the  death  of  Major  Lenox, 

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the  estate  passed  to  his  brother,  William  Lenox  of  New 
York. 

The  records  of  The  St.  Andrew's  Society  show  that  Mr. 
Sproat  was  very  attentive  to  his  duties  as  a  member  in  look- 
ing after  applicants  for  charity.  He  was  one  of  the  few 
members  in  attendance  on  the  Annual  Meeting,  November 
30,  1776,  when  it  was  agreed  that,  owing  to  the  prevailing 
conditions,  they  should  simply  re-elect  their  officers  and 
adjourn. 

SIR  JOHN  ST.  CLAIR,  Honorary  Member,  1757.  Sir 
John  St.  Clair,  third  baronet  of  his  line,  was  one  of  the  noted 
family  of  that  name,  of  Argyleshire,  Scotland.  The  Min- 
utes of  The  St.  Andrew's  Society  record  his  election  as  an 
Honorary  Member  November  30,  1757,  when  Dr.  Graeme 
was  President,  but  letters  of  Mrs.  Graeme  to  her  talented 
daughter  Elizabeth  Fergusson,  then  absent,  record  the  visit 
of  Sir  John  to  Graeme  Park  in  September,  1755. 

Sir  John,  as  colonel  of  the  Forty-second  Foot,  was  in 
1755  appointed  Deputy  Quartermaster-General  of  the  Brit- 
ish forces  in  America,  and  assigned  to  duty  with  General 
Edwin  Braddock  in  the  proposed  expedition  to  expel  the 
French  from  Western  Pennsylvania.  He  first  landed  in 
Virginia  and  made  a  reconnoissance  of  the  head-waters  of 
the  Potomac,  and  later  joined  Braddock  in  Alexandria. 

In  the  ill-fated  campaign  which  followed  in  which  Gen- 
eral Braddock  was  killed,  Sir  John  was  severely  wounded, 
but  soon  recovered.  He  was  evidently  an  energetic  and 
capable  officer,  but  shared  with  his  chief  an  undisguised 
contempt  for  the  Provincial  troops  in  the  expedition.  His 
duties  were  necessarily  arduous,  as  he  had  to  see  that  roads 
were  cut  for  the  advance  of  the  soldiers  through  a  wilder- 
ness, and  that  horses,  wagons,  and  supplies  were  procured 
for  the  service. 

In  this  campaign  the  road-building  was  under  the  imme- 
diate charge  of  Captain — later  Colonel — James  Burd  of  this 
Society,  and  Colonel  Benjamin  Franklin  was  especially 

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selected  to  procure  horses,  wagons,  and  supplies  for  the 
troops,  advancing  for  this  purpose  his  own  money  and 
pledging  his  personal  credit  for  payment.  Governor  Robert 
Hunter  Morris,  then  President  of  The  St.  Andrew's  Society, 
also  rendered  every  possible  service,  but  was  hampered  by 
the  hesitation  of  the  Assembly  to  grant  sufficient  appropria- 
tions, as  it  believed  that  the  proprietary  government  should 
pay  a  larger  proportion  of  the  expense.  The  first  campaign, 
as  stated,  resulted  in  failure,  but  Sir  John  took  an  active 
part  in  the  second  and  successful  campaign,  under  General 
John  Forbes,  as  Deputy  Quartermaster-General. 

In  February,  1762,  Sir  John  was  gazetted  as  colonel, 
and  in  1766  was  appointed  lieutenant-colonel  of  the  28th 
Regiment  of  Foot,  then  stationed  in  New  Jersey.  He  pur- 
chased a  farm  near  Elizabeth  Town,  where  he  died  Novem- 
ber 26,  1767.  He  is  frequently  referred  to  in  the  Pennsyl- 
vania Archives  under  the  name  of  Sinclair. 

On  March  17,  1762,  he  married  Elizabeth,  a  daughter 
of  John  and  Catherine  Hutchinson  Moland.  Mr.  Moland 
was  owner  of  a  large  estate  on  the  Frankford  Road,  Phila- 
delphia, later  known  as  Rose  Hill. 

There  were  two  children  by  this  marriage,  a  son  who 
died  in  early  youth  at  Trenton,  and  another  son,  John,  who 
became  the  fourth  baronet  of  that  line  upon  his  father's 
death,  and  who  married  a  daughter  of  Sir  William  Erskine, 
Quartermaster-General  of  the  British  Forces  in  the  Revo- 
lutionary War. 

[Keith's  Prov.  Councillors  et  aL] 

HON.  SAMUEL  GUSTINE  THOMPSON,  member  1872, 
Counsellor  1877-78,  1880,  1888.  Born  in  Venango  County, 
Pennsylvania,  in  1837.  Died  at  his  summer  home  at  Narra- 
gansett  Pier,  R.  I.,  September  10,  1909. 

He  was  a  son  of  the  Hon.  James  Thompson,  who  for 
fifteen  years  was  a  Justice  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  Penn- 
sylvania, serving  as  Chief  Justice  the  last  six  years  of  his 
life.  His  son,  Samuel,  was  educated  at  the  Erie,  Pa.,  Acad- 

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Member  1872 

Counsellor  1877-1880,  1888 
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emy,  and  was  later  graduated  from  the  University  of  Penn- 
sylvania. He  was  admitted  to  the  Bar  in  January,  1861, 
and  speedily  won  a  place  for  himself  in  his  chosen  profes- 
sion. While  his  abilities  were  more  particularly  directed  to 
the  legal  affairs  of  large  corporations,  he  was  also  successful 
in  other  fields  of  legal  activity. 

At  no  time  in  his  long  and  honorable  career  was  he  a 
seeker  after  office,  but  he  took  a  deep  interest  in  political 
affairs.  In  the  exciting  presidential  contest  of  1876—77,  he 
visited  Florida  in  the  interest  of  Samuel  J.  Tilden.  In  1892 
he  was  a  delegate  to  the  Convention  that  nominated  Grover 
Cleveland.  In  March,  1893,  he  was  appointed  by  Governor 
Pattison  a  Justice  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  Pennsylvania  to 
fill  a  vacancy  caused  by  the  resignation  of  Chief  Justice 
Edward  M.  Paxson,  but  was  defeated  for  re-election.  In 
November,  1903,  he  was  appointed  by  Governor  Penny- 
packer  a  Justice  of  the  Supreme  Court  to  fill  a  vacancy 
caused  by  the  death  of  Chief  Justice  McCollum.  This  ap- 
pointment of  a  life-long  Democrat  by  a  Republican  surprised 
the  politicians,  but  it  was  a  recognition  of  Justice  Thomp- 
son's ability  and  high  standing  in  his  profession.  He  served 
out  the  term  and  then  retired. 

Judge  Thompson  then  devoted  himself  to  his  private 
practice,  and  in  1907,  by  appointment  of  Judge  Bregy  and 
with  the  full  concurrence  of  the  principals  interested,  he 
was  referee  in  the  filtration  contract  dispute,  resulting  in 
an  award  against  the  city  of  Philadelphia  and  in  favor  of  the 
contractors  of  over  two  million  dollars. 

He  was  vice-president  of  the  Fairmount  Park  Commis- 
sion, to  which  he  was  appointed  in  1887,  a  director  of  the 
Philadelphia  and  Erie  Railroad,  trustee  of  the  Jefferson 
Medical  College,  a  manager  of  the  Forrest  Home  for  Actors 
and  president  of  the  board;  was  president  of  the  Renovo, 
Philadelphia  and  Erie  Land  Company,  and  was  connected 
with  several  financial  institutions. 

Judge  Thompson,  as  a  member  of  the  Park  Commission 
and  trustee  of  the  Memorial  Hall,  was  an  able  coadjutor  to 


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John  G.  Johnson,  Esq.,  in  the  purchase  of  pictures  for  the 
notable  Wilstach  collection.  He  also  gave  close  personal 
attention  to  the  affairs  of  the  Edwin  Forrest  Home  for  Aged 
Actors  at  Holmesburg,  Pennsylvania,  being  unremitting  in 
his  interest  in  its  beneficent  work. 

HENRY  TOLAND,  member  1799.  On  charter  of  1808. 
Poulson's  Advertiser  of  December  23,  1816,  noted  the  death 
of  Mr.  Henry  Toland  on  December  2Oth,  at  his  residence, 
No.  409  Market  Street,  in  the  sixtieth  year  of  his  age,  "  for 
many  years  a  deservedly  respected  resident  and  merchant  of 
Philadelphia." 

Of  the  deceased  we  may  with  great  justice  repeat  the  words  of  a 
highly  respected  Physician  who  attended  him  in  his  last  moments.  He 
said,  "  I  have  known  the  friend  we  have  just  lost  as  long  as  my 
memory  serves  me,  and  I  can  with  truth  say,  that  I  never  heard,  neither 
do  I  believe,  that  he  ever  caused  a  tear  of  sorrow  to  flow  from  the 
eyes  of  any  human  being,  except  those  now  shed  for  his  lamented 
departure." 

ADAM  TRAQUAIR,  member  1816.  Adam  Traquair  was 
the  son  of  James  Traquair,  who  was  reported  in  Ritter's 
"  Philadelphia  and  Her  Merchants  "  as  a  spirited  and  pro- 
gressive stone-cutter  who  came  over  from  Greenock  (Scot- 
land) in  1784.  He  built  in  its  time  a  notable  building  on 
the  southeast  corner  of  Market  and  Tenth  Streets,  the  lower 
story  of  which  had  a  marble  front,  and  his  marble  yard 
was  in  the  rear. 

Our  member,  Adam,  was  at  the  time  of  his  death,  Janu- 
ary 22,  1851,  serving  as  president  of  the  Board  of  City 
Commissioners,  in  the  old  city  district,  and,  on  the  Councils 
learning  of  his  death,  both  branches  met  in  joint  session 
and  passed  resolutions  commendatory  of  his  long  service  as 
a  faithful  officer  of  the  corporation. 

They  attended  his  funeral  in  a  body  and  ordered  that 
the  usual  badge  of  mourning  be  worn  for  thirty  days. 

Mr.  Traquair  was  buried  at  Laurel  Hill,  January  24, 
1851. 

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SAMUEL  HENDERSON  TRAQUAIR,  ESQ.,  member  1833, 
Secretary  1837-38,  Counsellor  1847. 

,     Mr.  Traquair  died  Monday,  January  17,  1853,  in  the 
forty-first  year  of  his  age,  and  was  interred  in  Laurel  Hill. 

A  special  meeting  of  The  St.  Andrew's  Society  was  held 
at  the  house  of  Mr.  William  Struthers  to  take  action  upon 
the  death  of  Mr.  Traquair,  Dr.  John  K.  Mitchell,  President, 
in  the  chair,  and  appropriate  resolutions  were  adopted,  de- 
claring that  Mr.  Traquair  was  a  gentleman  of  talent  and  of 
generous  and  noble  impulses,  and  greatly  beloved  by  the 
brethren  of  this  Society. 

JAMES  TROTTER,  one  of  the  founders  of  the  Society, 
served  as  clerk  at  the  first  meeting,  December  7,  1749,  and 
Secretary  1750.  Advertised  as  an  importer  of  broad-cloths, 
linens,  etc.,  "  at  his  store  next  door  to  Townsend  White  on 
Front  Street." 

FREDERICK  TURNBULL,  member  1883.  Mr.  Turnbull 
was  born  in  Glasgow,  Scotland,  September  21,  1847,  and 
died  suddenly  at  his  summer  home,  Atlantic  City,  N.  J., 
September  6,  1909. 

He  was  the  son  of  Matthew  Turnbull,  of  Dumbarton- 
shire, and  his  wife,  Margaret  E.  Wilson  Turnbull,  of  Lanark- 
shire, Scotland. 

He  was  educated  at  both  the  high  school  and  the  Uni- 
versity of  Glasgow,  and  graduated  from  the  Andersonian 
University  in  1866,  in  chemistry,  under  Frederick  Penny. 
He  was  for  several  years  first  lieutenant,  Lanarkshire 
Artillery. 

His  father  conducted  one  of  the  largest  and  best-known 
dyeing  and  bleaching  establishments  in  Great  Britain.  About 
1880  Mr.  Turnbull  came  to  this  country  to  demonstrate 
Turkey- red  dyeing,  and  in  1882  became  associated  with 
William  J.  Matheson  &  Co.  as  their  Philadelphia  manager, 
and  later  served  in  the  same  capacity  with  the  Cassella  Color 
Company  until  he  retired  in  1904.  In  May,  1906,  he  organ- 
ized the  Turnbull  Construction  Company,  of  which  he  was 
j  president  until  the  time  of  his  death.  He  also  opened  a 

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laboratory  in  1906  for  analytical  research  and  consulting 
purposes  in  the  textile  trade. 

Mr.  Tnrnbull  had  a  thorough  knowledge  of  dyestuffs 
and  of  the  chemical  business,  and  had  an  extended  acquaint- 
ance and  many  friends  among  both  dealers  and  consumers 
on  both  sides  of  the  Atlantic.  He  was  highly  regarded  in 
commercial  circles  for  shrewdness  and  uprightness  in  his 
dealings,  and  esteemed  among  his  countrymen  for  his  help 
to  those  in  need  of  assistance. 

He  married  in  Columbia,  S.  C,  March  23,  1884,  Miss 
Nina  Ross  Bryce,  by  whom  he  had  two  children,  Norman 
Frederick  and  Frederick  Dale  Turnbull.  Again  married  in 
Reading,  Pa.,  November  24,  1906,  to  Bessie  Dengler  Brobst. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  Art  Club,  Philadelphia  Country 
Club,  the  Manufacturers  and  other  clubs. 

[Mr.  S.  W.  Wood  in  Textile  Colorist  et  al.~\ 

PETER  WALKER,  member  1857.  Peter  Walker  was  born 
in  Jedburgh,  Scotland,  in  1813,  and  while  still  a  lad  moved 
to  Edinburgh,  where  he  received  his  education  in  the  com- 
mon schools  of  that  city. 

At  the  age  of  twenty-four  he  came  to  Philadelphia,  and 
immediately  upon  his  arrival  obtained  a  position  with  the 
type-foundry  of  MacKellar,  Smiths  &  Jordan.  He  remained 
with  them  but  a  few  years,  when  he  resigned  to  accept  a 
position  with  the  Presbyterian  Board  of  Publication  and  the 
Presbyterian  Review.  He  continued  with  this  board  until 
he  died,  on  June  3,  1882. 

In  1853  Mr.  Walker  was  married  to  Mary,  a  daughter 
of  John  Hamilton  of  Lanarkshire,  Scotland,  and  had  one 
child,  a  daughter,  Elizabeth  H.  Walker. 

He  was  an  elder  in  the  Tenth  Presbyterian  Church,  and 
was  always  known  as  a  man  of  integrity,  of  great  and  patient 
industry,  and  of  constant  devotion  to  the  interests  of  the 
church.  He  was  a  man  of  good  scholarship  and  wrote  well, 
and  was  one  of  the  best  proof-readers  of  the  city.  When 
he  died  he  was  in  the  seventy-first  year  of  his  age,  and, 
while  he  had  been  for  some  time  in  failing  health,  the  an- 

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nouncement  of  his  death  came  suddenly  to  many  of  his  old 
associates. 

JOHN  WALLACE,*  one  of  the  founders  of  the  Society 
who  traced  his  descent  direct  from  James  the  First,  King 
of  Scotland,  was  born  at  Drumellier-on-the-Tweed,  Scot- 
land, January  7,  1718,  the  son  of  John  Wallace,  minister  at 
Drumellier. 

He  emigrated  in  his  twenty-third  year  from  his  paternal 
home,  and  arrived  in  the  year  1742  in  Newport,  R.  I.,  and 
here  established  himself  in  business,  and  in  time  became  one 
of  the  leaders  in  the  commercial  life  of  Providence,  in  that 
State.  He  later  removed  to  Philadelphia  and  there  married 
Mary,  only  child  of  Joshua  and  Mary  Maddox,  the  former 
an  honored  citizen  of  Philadelphia,  and  for  many  years  one 
of  the  justices  of  the  courts,  a  Councilman  of  the  City,  a 
founder  and  trustee  of  the  college,  and  a  warden  of  Christ 
Church. 

Mr.  Wallace  demonstrated  the  possession  of  admirable 
business  abilities  by  establishing  a  commercial  house,  which 
soon  took  high  rank  among  the  many  successful  concerns  of 
a  kindred  nature  which  were  operated  in  Philadelphia  at 
that  time.  Ship-building  had  become,  even  at  that  early 
period,  a  leading  industry  on  the  Delaware.  Thus  John 
Wallace  established  a  prosperous  business,  acquired  large 
wealth,  and  made  himself  one  of  the  leading  merchants  of 
his  time. 

In  the  winter  of  1748-49  the  City  Dancing  Assembly  was 
organized,  and,  as  stated  elsewhere,  Governor  James  Hamil- 
ton and  other  members  of  The  St.  Andrew's  Society  became 
members.  John  Wallace  is  the  twenty-first  name  on  that 
list,  and  he  remained  identified  with  that  exclusive  organ- 
ization many  years. 

His  activities  in  other  directions  were  wide-spread.  In 
October,  1775,  he  was  chosen  a  Common  Councilman  of  the 

*  Replacing  brief  sketch  on  page  349,  vol.  i,  "  Historical  Catalogue 
The  St.  Andrew's  Society."  From  Frank  Willing  Leach's  articles  on 
"  Old  Philadelphia  Families  "  in  Sunday  North  American. 


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City,  a  position  then  filled  only  by  men  of  the  largest  in- 
fluence. This  post  he  held  until  the  Revolution  swept  away 
this  form  of  municipal  government  then  existing  under  the 
charter  of  1701. 

The  concluding  years  of  his  life  were  spent  at  his  coun- 
try-seat in  Somerset  County,  New  Jersey,  where  his  death 
occurred,  September  26,  1783. 

His  wife,  Mary,  was  born  in  Philadelphia,  in  January 
1732,  was  baptized  in  Christ  Church,  February  4,  of  that 
year,  and  died  at  her  husband's  seat  in  New  Jersey,  January 
9,  1784,  less  than  four  months  after  her  husband. 

John  and  Mary  (nee  Maddox)  Wallace  had  four  chil- 
dren, Joshua  Maddox,  Ann,  William,  and  Sarah.  Joshua 
M.  became  a  member  of  The  St.  Andrew's  Society  in  1804; 
the  other  son,  William,  was  not  a  member. 

While  the  monument  adjacent  to  the  Wallace  vault  in 
Old  St.  Peter's  Church-yard  at  Third  and  Pine  Streets  bears 
the  inscription  given  below,  both  John  Wallace  and  his  wife 
were  buried  in  the  grounds  of  the  First  Presbyterian  Church 
on  Market  Street,  between  Second  and  Third  Streets.  The 
later  Wallaces  became  Episcopalians. 

In  Memory  of 

MR.  JOHN  WALLACE 

late  a  worthy  Citizen  and  Merchant  of  Philadelphia 

Son  of  the  Reverend  Mr.  John  Wallace 
Minister  of  Drumelier  on  the  Tweed,  Tweedale,  Scotland 

and  of  Christian  Murray,  his  wife, 
Daughter  of  William  Murray  of  Cardone 

Born  1717  at  his  Father's  Manse 

Came  A.D.  1742  to  Newport,  Rhode  Island, 

Where  he  assisted  to  found  the  Public  Library  in  that  place, 

since  become  the  Redwood, 

Afterwards  for  many  years  a  Resident  of  Philadelphia. 

A  Founder  A.D.  1749  of  The  St.  Andrew's  Society  in  this  City. 

From  1755  till  the  Dissolution  of  the  Royal  Government  in  1776. 

A  Councilman  of  the  City. 

Died  September  26,  1783 

At  Hope  Farm,  his  Seat  on  the  Raritan 

Somerset  County,  New  Jersey 

Anno  Aetat  65. 

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JOHN  BRADFORD  WALLACE,  member  1803,  Counsellor 
1808-1820.*  Born  at "  Ellerslie,"  his  father's  country-seat, 
on  the  Raritan,  New  Jersey,  August  17,  1778.  Died  in 
Philadelphia,  January  7,  1837. 

He  was  the  second  of  the  adult  sons  of  the  first  Joshua 
Maddox  Wallace,  by  his  wife,  Tace  Bradford  Wallace. 
When  under  sixteen  years  of  age  he  graduated  from  the 
College  of  New  Jersey  in  1794,  receiving  the  degree  of 
A.M.  in  1797. 

He  entered  the  law  office  of  his  maternal  uncle,  William 
Bradford,  Attorney-General  of  the  United  States  under 
President  Washington.  He  was  one  of  the  founders  of  the 
"  Law  Library  Company  of  Philadelphia." 

In  1819  Mr.  Wallace  became  financially  embarrassed 
through  the  failure  of  an  elder  brother,  and,  with  a  view 
to  recoup  his  fortunes,  he  removed  to  Meadville,  Crawford 
County,  Penna.,  where  he  owned  or  controlled  large  tracts 
of  land.  By  devotion  to  business  with  zeal  and  integrity, 
his  pecuniary  troubles  were  brought  to  an  end. 

Mr.  Wallace  won  such  recognition  from  the  people  of 
Crawford  County  that  they  sent  him  as  their  representative 
to  successive  Legislatures,  although  differing  from  him  in 
political  sentiment. 

Like  his  father,  Mr.  Wallace  was  an  earnest  churchman. 
He  was  confirmed  in  St.  Peter's  Church,  Philadelphia,  by 
the  Right  Rev.  Bishop  White.  From  1814  to  1819  he  had 
been  a  vestryman  of  Christ  Church,  Philadelphia.  On  re- 
moving to  Meadville  he  was  mainly  responsible  for  the  estab- 
lishing there  a  parish  bearing  the  name  of  Christ  Church,  of 
which  he  was  also  a  vestryman. 

On  April  20,  1805,  Mr.  Wallace  married  Miss  Susan 
Binney,  daughter  of  Dr.  Barnabas  Binney,  a  surgeon  of  the 
Revolutionary  Army  and  one  of  Philadelphia's  most  eminent 
physicians. 

*  Replacing  article  on  page  319,  vol.  i,  "  Historical  Catalogue  The 
St.  Andrew's  Society." 

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This  lady  was  born  February  22,  1778,  and  was  as  re- 
markable a  character  as  her  husband.  She  died  on  July  8, 
1849,  an(i  b0^1  she  and  her  husband  were  buried  in  St.  Peter's 
churchyard,  Philadelphia.  On  her  husband's  tomb  is  in- 
scribed a  lengthy  eulogy,  closing  with  the  words — 

In  his  home  he  was  ever  the  centre  and  safe-guard  of  happiness; 
Of  commanding  stature  and  elevated  mien, 

Manners  gracious  and  refined. 
His  death  was  as  favored  as  his  life 

Without  pain  or  sickness. 

In  the  calm  of  peaceful  slumber  and  in  the  silence  of  the  night, 
His  Spirit  was  taken  to  the  Paradise  of  the  Just 

JOSHUA  MADDOX  WALLACE,*  member  1804.  The  elder 
of  two  sons  of  John  Wallace,  above  noted  as  a  founder  of 
the  Society,  and  Mary,  his  wife.  He  was  born  in  Philadel- 
phia, October  4,  1752,  and  died  at  Burlington,  N.  J.,  May 
17,  1819. 

He  received  his  primary  education  at  Newark,  Dela- 
ware, and  was  graduated  from  the  College  of  Philadelphia, 
the  progenitor  of  the  University  of  Pennsylvania,  in  1767. 
After  graduating  he  served  in  the  college  for  a  time  as  tutor, 
and  in  1770  the  degree  of  M.A.  was  conferred  upon  him 
by  the  College  of  New  Jersey  ( Princeton) .  In  the  College 
of  Philadelphia  he  had  the  benefit  of  the  instructions  of  the 
Rev.  William  Smith,  D.D.,  later  President  of  The  St. 
Andrew's  Society. 

Mr.  Wallace  then  entered  the  counting-house  of  Archi- 
bald McCall  (member  1751),  a  leading  merchant  .of  Phila- 
delphia, and  like  himself  the  son  of  a  native  of  Scotland. 

He  remained  a  resident  of  Philadelphia  until  its  occu- 
pation by  the  British,  when  he  withdrew  to  Somerset  County, 
New  Jersey,  where  his  father  still  owned  property,  and  here 
on  the  Raritan  he  established  a  beautiful  home,  named 
"  Ellerslie,"  after  the  early  seat  of  the  Wallaces  in  Scotland, 
where  he  resided  a  number  of  years.  After  the  close  of  the 

*  Replacing  sketch,  page  350,  vol.  i,  "  Historical  Catalogue,  1907." 

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PROFESSOR  SHIPPEN  WALLACE 

Member  1882 
Died  December  4,  1911 


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war  he  returned  to  Philadelphia  for  a  short  time,  and  in 
1784  established  his  permanent  abode  at  Burlington,  New 
Jersey,  retaining  his  place  at  "  Ellerslie  "  for  many  years. 
He  was  made  a  Judge  of  the  Pleas  of  Burlington  County, 
and  was  reputed  as  highly  useful  in  administering  justice, 
relieving  distress,  and  "  improving  the  morals  of  the  common 
people." 

He  was  instrumental  in  establishing  an  academy  of  learn- 
ing and  in  bringing  good  teachers  to  the  place.  He  was 
a  delegate  to  the  historic  State  Convention,  in  1787,  which 
ratified  the  Federal  Constitution,  and  also  represented  the 
same  constituency  in  the  General  Assembly  of  1791.  In  the 
Convention  of  1787  Mr.  Wallace  ably  supported  the  prin- 
ciples of  Washington  and  Hamilton,  of  Jay  and  Marshall. 

He  served  as  president  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  Bur- 
lington Academy  for  many  years  and  as  a  trustee  of  the 
College  of  New  Jersey  from  1798  until  his  decease. 

He  served  as  president  of  the  Society  in  New  Jersey  for 
the  Suppression  of  Vice  and  Immorality,  was  a  founder 
of  the  American  Bible  Society,  and  a  long  time  manager  of 
the  New  Jersey  Bible  Society.  For  many  years  he  repre- 
sented St.  Mary's  Parish,  Burlington,  in  the  New  Jersey 
Conventions  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church,  and  for  a 
number  of  years  was  a  delegate  to  the  General  Conventions 
of  that  denomination. 

Mr.  Wallace  married,  August  4,  1773,  Tace,  daughter 
of  Colonel  William  Bradford.  She  was  born  in  Philadel- 
phia, March  i,  1747-48,  and  died  in  Paterson,  N.  J.,  Feb- 
ruary 29,  1828.  There  were  seven  children  by  this  marriage. 
Of  these,  one  son,  John  Bradford  Wallace,  became  a  member 
of  The  St.  Andrew's  Society  in  1803.  His  biography  is 
given  on  page  165. 

PROF.  SHIPPEN  WALLACE,  Life  member  1882.  Born  in 
Bristol,  Pennsylvania,  in  1851,  and  died  at  his  home  in  Bur- 
lington, New  Jersey,  December  n,  1911.  He  was  there 
buried  in  St.  Mary's  graveyard. 

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Prof.  Wallace  was  a  descendant,  on  his  mother's  side, 
of  Edward  Shippen,  the  first  Colonial  Mayor  of  Philadel- 
phia, and  on  his  father's  side  he  was  in  direct  descent  from 
John  Wallace  of  Drumellier-on-the-Tweed,  one  of  the  foun- 
ders of  The  St.  Andrew's  Society. 

His  father  was  Joshua  Maddox  Wallace  (member  1839) , 
and  his  mother  was  Alice  Lee  Shippen  Wallace,  second 
daughter  of  Dr.  William  Shippen  of  Philadelphia.  His 
grandfather,  Hon.  Joshua  M.  Wallace,  became  a  member 
of  the  Society  in  1804. 

Prof.  Wallace  graduated  from  the  Sheffield  Scientific 
School  of  Yale  and  then  took  a  post-graduate  course  at  the 
University  of  Berlin,  Germany,  specializing  in  chemistry. 
On  his  return  to  the  United  States  he  made  chemistry  his 
profession,  and  became  attached  to  the  New  Jersey  State 
Board  of  Hygiene  soon  after  its  formation,  and  for  fifteen 
years  previous  to  his  death  he  was  chief  chemist  of  the  New 
Jersey  State  Board  of  Health. 

He  married,  June  15,  1871,  Miss  Laura  Christine  Bar- 
clay, daughter  of  a  prominent  surgeon  in  the  United  States 
Navy.  She  died  some  years  ago,  leaving  a  daughter,  Mrs. 
Warren  G.  Crane,  Long  Island,  New  York,  who  survived 
her  father. 

WILLIAM  GREY  WARDEN,  member  1887.  Mr.  W.  G. 
Warden  was  a  notable  example  of  those  citizens  of  Pennsyl- 
vania who  developed  the  industrial  resources  of  the  Com- 
monwealth in  the  period  between  the  close  of  the  Civil  War 
and  the  close  of  the  Nineteenth  Century.  Mr.  Warden  was 
born  in  Pittsburgh,  October  14,  1831,  of  Scotch  ancestry. 
From  early  manhood  he  was  associated  with  mechanical  and 
manufacturing  pursuits;  as  an  assistant  to  his  father,  John 
B.  Warden,  he  helped  to  build  boilers  and  engines,  and 
subsequently  built  them  on  his  own  account. 

When  Mr.  Warden  was  thirty  years  of  age,  he  began  to 
see  the  opportunities  which  the  development  of  the  produc- 
tion of  petroleum  in  Pennsylvania  was  about  to  create.  He 

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WILLIAM  GREY  WARDEN 

Member  1887 
Died  April  9,  1895 


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planned  and  built  a  refinery,  although  the  process  of  refining 
petroleum  had  not  yet  passed  beyond  the  experimental  stage, 
and,  taking  a  business  partner  with  him,  he  formed  the  firm 
of  Warden  &  Brooks. 

Enlarging  the  range  of  his  undertaking  in  order  that 
petroleum  might  become  a  great  product  for  American  trans- 
portation, Mr.  Warden  came  to  Philadelphia  in  1865.  He 
became  manager  of  the  Atlantic  Petroleum  Storage  Com- 
pany, and  introduced  extensive  facilities  for  the  handling 
of  petroleum  along  the  shores  of  the  Schuylkill  River,  and 
established  there  an  industry  that  became  a  leading  factor  in 
the  shipments  of  the  Pennsylvania  Railroad  Company  and 
in  the  commerce  of  the  port.  He  was  the  controlling  spirit 
in  the  work  of  creating  the  great  Atlantic  Refinery,  in  con- 
nection with  such  men  as  Charles  Lockhart  and  William 
Frew,  and  his  knowledge  as  a  practical  draughtsman  and 
engineer  went  far  to  enable  him  to  carry  out  his  ideas  along 
the  most  advanced  lines  of  mechanical  efficiency. 

The  clear-sightedness  of  Mr.  Warden's  comprehensive 
mind  in  mastering  complex  problems  came  strikingly  into 
play  in  overcoming  the  difficulties  of  the  transatlantic  ship- 
ment of  American  oil.  With  the  purpose  of  carrying  petro- 
leum in  bulk  to  Europe  he  became  one  of  the  founders  of 
the  International  Navigation  Company  in  1871,  which  be- 
came an  important  factor  in  the  general  ocean-carrying 
business,  but  subsequently  its  rights  and  patents  in  the  trans- 
portation of  oil  were  transferred  to  the  National  Transit 
Company.  This  enterprise,  as  well  as  others  in  which  Mr. 
Warden  bore  a  conspicuous  and  controlling  part,  including 
the  Atlantic  Refinery  and  its  works,  was  consolidated  with 
the  Standard  Oil  Company  of  Ohio  in  1874.  For  many 
years  Mr.  Warden  was  a  member  of  its  executive  committee 
and  had  charge  of  its  extensive  affairs  in  Philadelphia. 

In  the  course  of  the  thirty  years  of  his  life  in  Philadel- 
phia, Mr.  Warden's  love  of  planning  practical  improvements 
in  the  best  modern  manner  was  exemplified  in  various  direc- 
tions. He  was  the  founder  of  the  United  Gas  Improvement 

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Company.  In  the  reclaiming  to  industrial  utility  the  land  at 
Point  Breeze  and  at  Girard  Point  he  did  not  a  little  to  open 
the  way  for  consideration  of  a  policy  by  which  the  city  of 
Philadelphia  may  ultimately  develop  the  banks  of  the  lower 
Schuylkill  for  the  commercial  purposes  of  the  port.  His 
faith  in  Philadelphia  was  like  his  faith  in  his  State.  Sev- 
eral extensive  parts  of  the  city  underwent  real  estate  im- 
provement on  a  large  scale  as  a  consequence  of  his  plans  and 
investments.  Notably  in  this  respect  was  the  northwest 
region,  above  the  Falls  of  Schuylkill  and  near  the  Wissa- 
hickon,  and  the  connection  which  he  made  between  bridges 
and  avenues  in  that  vicinity.  He  was  the  first  citizen  to  in- 
troduce an  apartment  house  in  Philadelphia,  at  a  time  when 
that  form  of  modern  convenience  in  the  habitations  of  the 
city  was  still  a  novelty.  This  was  the  Gladstone,  at  Eleventh 
and  Pine  Streets.  Elsewhere  he  introduced  ideas  of  a  simi- 
lar nature,  and  one  of  these  was  his  remodelling  of  a  part 
of  the  quarter  for  colored  people  of  St.  Augustine,  Fla. — a 
race  in  whom  his  interest  was  as  practical  as  it  was  consider- 
ate, for  as  an  Abolitionist,  as  he  had  been  in  his  early  days, 
he  believed  in  providing  them  with  industrial  opportunity, 
not  with  simply  sentimental  help. 

In  his  early  manhood  Mr.  Warden  married  a  daughter 
of  Daniel  Bushnell  of  Pittsburg;  he  was  unusually  blessed 
in  his  domestic  life,  and  his  large  fortune  never  lessened  the 
simplicity  of  his  tastes.  A  Presbyterian,  he  was  at  one  time 
superintendent  of  the  Sunday-school  of  the  Wharton  Street 
Church,  and  afterward  a  member  of  the  First  Church  in 
Germantown.  He  died  on  April  9,  1895,  at  his  home  at 
School  Lane  and  Wissahickon  Avenue,  survived  by  Mrs. 
Warden  and  twelve  children,  and  leaving  behind  a  memory 
not  alone  for  his  great  industrial  success,  but  as  a  man  of 
just  and  sterling  worth. 

SAMUEL  WILKIE,  member  1881.  Mr.  Wilkie  was  born 
in  Edinburgh,  Scotland,  November  n,  1834,  and  died  in 
Philadelphia,  January  15,  1913.  He  was  interred  in  Mount 

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Vernon  Cemetery.  His  father,  Samuel,  and  his  mother, 
Lizzie  Stuart  Wilkie,  were  both  of  Scottish  birth  and  train- 
ing. Mr.  Wilkie  was  educated  in  Edinburgh,  taught  school 
in  that  city  for  a  while,  and  came  to  the  United  States  when 
eighteen  years  of  age,  and  after  locating  in  Philadelphia 
served  several  years'  apprenticeship  at  cork  cutting. 

In  1863  he  started  in  the  cork  manufacturing  business 
for  himself,  in  Philadelphia,  and  some  years  later  added 
the  carbonic  acid  gas  business  to  his  other  activities,  and  in 
1908  erected  a  factory,  since  enlarged,  which  is  one  of  the 
largest  plants  of  that  class  in  this  country. 

He  was  married,  June  30,  1870,  to  Anna  Henrietta  Kauf- 
mann,  and  they  had  issue  seven  children. 

He  was  a  member  of  Caledonian  Lodge  No.  700 
I.  O.  O.  F.,  Washington  Lodge  No.  59  F.  &  A.  M.,  Harmony 
R.  A.  Chapter  No.  52,  Philadelphia  Commandery  No.  2, 
Caledonian  Club,  and  the  Scots'  Thistle  Society. 

Mr.  Wilkie  was  a  member  of  the  North  Presbyterian 
Church,  and  was  highly  respected  and  loved  by  all  who  knew 
him. 

CAPTAIN  JAMES  YOUNG,  member  1752,  Vice-president, 
1762.  He  died  in  Philadelphia,  January  28,  1779,  in  his 
fiftieth  year,  and  was  buried  in  the  Graeme  lot  in  Christ 
Church-yard.  The  Supreme  Executive  Council  of  Pennsyl- 
vania was  included  in  the  invitation  to  the  funeral. 

It  would  appear,  from  the  crest  used  by  Captain  Young, 
that  he  was  of  the  family  of  Young  of  Auldbar,  Scotland. 
The  date  and  place  of  his  birth  have  not  been  ascertained. 

In  June,  1756,  he  was  appointed  Commissary-General 
of  the  Musters  of  Pennsylvania,  and  throughout  the  cam- 
paigns against  the  French  and  Indians  of  that  period  he 
served  as  paymaster  of  the  troops.  The  Pennsylvania 
Archives  contain  repeated  references  to  Captain  Young's 
activities  in  the  inspection  of  forts,  etc.,  in  the  discharge  of 
his  military  duties. 

In  1767  he  was  commissioned  a  justice  of  Philadelphia 

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County.  At  the  outbreak  of  the  Revolutionary  War  Captain 
Young  embraced  the  cause  of  the  Colonies,  and  in  1776 
was  appointed  captain  and  afterward  Wagon-Master  of 
Pennsylvania,  this  position  having  been  assigned  to  him 
doubtless  by  reason  of  his  previous  experience  in  the  Brad- 
dock  campaign. 

He  married  Mary  Jane,  a  daughter  of  Dr.  Thomas 
Graeme,  a  founder  and  the  first  President  of  The  St.  An- 
drew's Society.  Their  oldest  son,  named  after  Dr.  Graeme, 
died  in  infancy,  and  a  daughter,  Ann,  born  November  5, 
1756,  married  William  Smith,  M.D.  (member  1789),  pre- 
viously referred  to. 

Another  son,  John,  was  born  in  Philadelphia,  November 
6,  1757,  of  whom  Dr.  Rush  said,  "  In  literary  attainments 
he  had  few  equals."  He  refused  to  follow  his  father  in 
siding  with  the  Colonies,  and  in  January,  1 776,  though  then 
less  than  twenty  years  of  age,  with  a  companion  went  over 
to  New  York  and  thence  to  Boston,  where  he  was  arrested 
by  the  Committee  of  Safety  and  sent  home  under  guard. 
In  1780  he  purchased  a  lieutenancy  in  the  42nd  Foot,  in  the 
British  service,  and  died  in  London,  England,  April  25, 

I794- 

[Keith's  Prov.  Councillors,  vol.  vii,  Pennsylvania 
Archives.] 

HUGH  CRAIG,  JUNIOR,  Life  member  1871.  Mr.  Craig 
was  taken  ill  while  on  his  accustomed  walk  from  his  home 
to  the  Armory  of  the  First  Troop  Philadelphia  City  Cavalry, 
and  died  two  days  later,  November  6,  1913.  He  had  been 
long  and  actively  connected  with  this  troop,  and  at  the  time 
of  his  decease  was  Quartermaster  and  Treasurer.  He  was 
buried  at  Laurel  Hill,  the  First  City  Troop  attending  in  a 
body. 

As  a  boy  he  attended  the  classical  school  in  Philadelphia 
of  the  Rev.  Dr.  John  W.  Fairies,  and  graduated  from  the 
University  of  Pennsylvania  in  1869. 

The  portrait  of  Lieutenant  Craig,  here  given,  is  from 
a  full-length  oil  painting  in  the  Armory. 

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LIEUTENANT  HUGH  CRAIG,  JR. 

Life  member  1871 
Died  in  Philadelphia,  November  6,  1913 


JAMES  MACALISTER.  M.A..  LL.D. 

Member  1883 
Died  December  n,  1913 


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JAMES  FAIRMAN  CAMPBELL,  member  1900.  Born  in 
Davenport,  Iowa,  May  27,  1872;  died  in  Philadelphia  No- 
vember 26,  1913,  after  a  few  days'  illness.  He  was  de- 
scended from  the  Campbells  of  Argyleshire.  He  was  a  son 
of  James  Daniels  Campbell,  member  1897,  and  Ada  Kather- 
ine  Campbell,  both  born  in  Pennsylvania. 

Mr.  Campbell  was  highly  educated.  After  attending  the 
Gramercy  Park  School  in  New  York,  he  entered  the  Brook- 
lyn Polytechnic  for  special  studies,  then  the  Massachusetts 
Institute  of  Technology,  the  Lehigh  University,  and  in 
1895  was  graduated  from  the  University  of  Pennsylvania 
Law  School,  and  received  the  degree  of  LL.B. 

After  graduation  he  practised  law  in  Philadelphia  and 
appeared  before  the  several  courts  of  the  State  and  the 
Supreme  Court  of  the  United  States. 

Mr.  Campbell  took  an  active  interest  in  politics  and  was 
for  several  terms  President  of  the  Forty-second  Ward  Re- 
publican Club. 

He  married,  on  June  28,  1902,  Miss  Bertie  M.  Plunkett, 
of  Toronto,  Canada,  who  with  a  daughter  and  son  survive 
him. 

He  was  a  member  of  the  Sigma  Phi  Fraternity  of  New 
York,  University  and  Manufacturers'  Clubs  of  Philadel- 
phia, St.  Nicholas  Club  of  New  York,  and  the  Huntingdon 
Valley  Golf  Club.  He  was  connected  with  the  Episcopal 
Church. 

JAMES  MACALISTER,  M.A.,  LL.D.,  member  originally 
1883,  was  born  in  Glasgow,  Scotland,  April  26,  1840,  the  son 
of  John  MacAlister,  of  Glasgow,  and  his  wife,  Agnes 
Robertson,  of  Hamilton,  Lanarkshire,  Scotland,  both  in  di- 
rect descent  from  the  MacAlister  and  the  Robertson  clans. 

His  elementary  education  was  received  in  his  native  city. 
When  a  small  boy  he  came  to  this  country  and  a  little  later 
entered  Brown  University.  While  failing  health  retarded 
his  educational  work,  he  was  graduated  from  the  institution 


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at  the  age  of  16.  Subsequently  the  university  conferred  on 
him  the  degree  of  LL.D. 

The  MacAlister  family  moved  to  Milwaukee.  The 
young  man  began  teaching  in  that  city,  but  abandoned  his 
work  for  four  years  and  was  graduated  from  the  Albany 
Law  School.  Educational  work  appealed  to  him  and  it  was 
not  long  before  he  made  it  his  vocation.  He  was  elected 
superintendent  of  schools  in  Milwaukee,  Wisconsin,  in 
1874,  a  position  he  held  until  1881.  He  was  a  member  of 
the  Board  of  Regents  of  State  Normal  Schools  in  Wiscon- 
sin, 1878-83.  In  1883  he  became  the  first  superintendent  of 
schools  of  Philadelphia  and  introduced  many  reforms  in  the 
system,  notably  in  the  kindergartens  and  in  co-ordination 
of  teaching. 

He  resigned  this  position  in  1891  to  become  President 
of  the  Drexel  Institute,  founded  by  the  late  Anthony  J. 
Drexel,  and  the  success  of  that  Institute  has  been  attributed 
largely  to  his  wise  judgment. 

Johns  Hopkins  elected  Doctor  MacAlister  a  lecturer  in 
1893.  He  lectured  at  several  colleges  also  and  served  as  a 
trustee  of  the  University  of  Pennsylvania  1885-1897.  He 
was  one  of  the  fathers  of  the  Contemporary  Club  and  its 
first  President.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Fairmount  Park 
Art  Association,  the  French  Academy,  the  American  Philo- 
sophical Society,  the  Phi  Beta  Kappa  Fraternity,  University 
Club  and  the  City  Club,  Philadelphia,  and  many  educational 
organizations. 

As  a  writer  on  educational  subjects  Doctor  MacAlister 
was  well  known.  Among  his  leading  books  were,  "  Manual 
of  Primary  Education,"  1884,  "Manual  Training  in  the 
Public  Schools  of  Philadelphia,"  1890,  "Art  Education  in 
Public  Schools,"  1893,  and  "  Manual  of  Instruction  in 
United  States  History  and  Civil  Government,"  1887. 

Doctor  MacAlister  married  Miss  Lucretia  Brayton,  of 
Atzalan,  Wisconsin.  She  died  several  years  ago.  He  is 
survived  by  four  daughters,  the  Misses  Mary  Tweedie,  Janet 
Bennie,  Agnes  Helen,  and  Julia  Clyde  MacAlister. 


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In  June,  1913,  Doctor  MacAlister,  because  of  failing 
health,  resigned  as  President  of  the  Drexel  Institute  to  take 
a  well-earned  rest.  He  was  on  a  voyage  to  Bermuda,  ac- 
companied by  two  daughters,  and  his  death  occurred  on 
the  vessel  on  Thursday,  December  n.  Doctor  MacAlister 
was  a  genial,  cultivated  and  useful  citizen.  He  had  trained 
hundreds  of  pupils  to  high  ideals  and  it  has  been  well  said, 
"  These  are  his  monument,  and  these  his  legacy  to  Phila- 
delphia." 


ONE  HUNDRED  AND  SIXTY-FOURTH 
ANNIVERSARY 

BY  reason  of  St.  Andrew's  Day,  November  3Oth,  occur- 
ring this  year  on  Sunday,  the  One  Hundred  and  Sixty- 
fourth  Anniversary  of  The  St.  Andrew's  Society  of  Phila- 
delphia was  held  on  Monday  evening,  December  ist,  at  the 
Bellevue-Stratford.  One  hundred  and  seventy-six  members 
and  guests  participated. 

At  the  opening  of  the  dinner,  after  grace  was  said  by 
the  Chaplain,  Rev.  James  H.  Lamb,  D.D.,  the  retiring  Presi- 
dent, Mr.  John  Gordon  Gray,  in  a  few  appreciative  words 
introduced  as  his  successor  Alexander  C.  Fergusson,  Junior, 
who  feelingly  returned  his  thanks  to  The  St.  Andrew's 
Society  for  the  honor  conferred  upon  him  in  an  election  to 
an  office  which  had  been  filled  during  the  long  career  of  the 
Society  by  so  many  able  and  prominent  men.  After  the  usual 
set  toasts,  Mr.  Fergusson  said  it  would  be  presumptuous 
in  him  to  attempt  to  introduce  one  who  was  known  all  over 
the  world,  one  honored  for  marvellous  deeds  of  daring  in 
the  interest  of  science,  and  he  would  therefore  simply  name 
as  the  first  speaker,  Rear  Admiral  Robert  E.  Peary,  U.  S. 
Navy. 

The  mention  of  the  name  of  Admiral  Peary  brought  all 
the  members  to  their  feet,  and  led  by  members  of  the 
Orpheus  Club  all  joined  in  singing  "  The  Red,  White  and 
Blue." 

The  Admiral  on  opening  his  address  gave  high  praise  to 
the  hardy  mariners  of  Scotland  for  their  part  in  the  conquest 
of  northern  sea  lanes.  For  275  years  Great  Britain  held  the 
record  for  farthest  north ;  the  honor  belonged  largely  to  the 
Scotch  whaling  ships  and  their  hardy  crews.  The  Admiral 
paid  a  tribute  warm  and  tender  to  the  memory  of  Captain 

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Scott,  who  sacrificed  his  life  in  the  quest  of  the  South  Pole. 
This  brave  officer  was  a  Scot.  He  cited  a  number  of  inter- 
esting facts  in  the  differences  of  conditions  between  the 
North  and  the  South  Pole.  The  North  Pole,  he  said,  was 
above  an  ocean  two  miles  deep,  whereas  the  pole  at  the  South 
was  two  miles  above  sea-level  on  a  continent  surrounded  by 
water.  Many  animals  were  found  within  500  miles  of  the 
North  Pole,  yet  no  such  life  existed  within  2300  miles  of  the 
other  end  of  the  earth.  The  ice  at  the  North  Pole,  continued 
the  speaker,  breaks  up  every  year,  often  leaving  open  lanes 
that  continue  in  the  coldest  weather,  while  the  movement 
of  the  great  ice  floes  makes  it  impossible  to  store  food  in 
caches.  In  Antarctic  regions  food  depots  can  be  placed 
upon  immovable  spots,  to  be  found  long  thereafter. 

The  discovery  of  the  poles  and  the  construction  of  a 
waterway  across  the  Isthmus,  Admiral  Peary  said,  had  been 
the  dream  of  scientists  and  explorers  for  400  years.  Yet 
in  the  conquest  of  the  frozen  zones  no  enginery  of  man  was 
available  on  the  last  lap,  the  labor  being  performed  by 
human  beings  and  Eskimo  dogs.  In  the  battle  in  the  north- 
ern seas  many  ships  had  been  lost  and  hundreds  of  men  had 
been  sacrificed ;  whereas  in  the  southern  quest  only  one  ship 
and  a  dozen  men  had  gone  down  to  death  before  finding 
the  object  of  their  search. 

The  address  of  Admiral  Peary  was  listened  to  with  the 
closest  attention  and  he  was  greeted  with  hearty  cheers  at 
its  close. 

President  Fergusson  then  notified  Admiral  Peary  that  he 
had  been  unanimously  elected  an  Honorary  member  of  The 
St.  Andrew's  Society  and  he  presented  him  with  a  gold 
emblem,  the  insignia  of  the  Society. 

The  Rev.  Clarence  E.  Macartney,  of  Newark,  N.  J., 
speaking  to  the  toast,  "  Scotland,"  told  of  the  accomplish- 
ment of  the  men  of  that  race.  He  said  that  he  made  no  dis- 
tinction between  the  Scot  and  Scotch-Irish,  adding,  "  for  the 
Scotchman  went  to  Ireland  centuries  ago  and  has  all  that 
the  Scot  has  and — sometimes  more. 

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"  Henry  Clay,  Hamilton,  Calhoun,  Jefferson  Davis, 
James  G.  Elaine,  were  some  of  the  statesmen  of  Scotch  in- 
heritance. 

"  Princes  of  finance,  such  as  Stewart,  John  I.  Blair,  Car- 
negie, and  Rockefeller,  are  Scotchmen." 

In  replying  to  the  toast,  "  Scotch  Characteristics,"  the 
Rev.  Alexander  MacColl,  pastor  of  the  Second  Presbyterian 
Church,  told  of  the  strong  traits  of  the  Scots  and  the  severity 
and  strength  of  their  religion.  He  denounced  the  author  of 
"  When  Bunty  Pulls  the  Strings  "  for  making  the  elder  in 
that  play  a  hypocrite.  "  The  Scottish  elder  is  not  a  hypo- 
crite, as  every  one  here  knows,"  he  said. 

Doctor  MacColl  regretted  that  the  same  author  had  seen 
fit  to  place  a  scene  in  his  latest  play  depicting  the  family 
prayer.  He  said  that,  while  the  scene  was  not  at  all  intended 
to  be  humorous,  it  produced  laughter  from  some  who  saw 
the  play. 

Hon.  Henry  Houck,  Secretary  of  Internal  Affairs,  spoke 
on  "  The  Commonwealth  of  Pennsylvania."  He  paid  a 
tribute  to  its  schools  and  history,  and  then  regaled  the 
diners  with  one  joke  after  another.  Most  of  them  were  about 
school  teachers,  as  he  had  spent  the  greater  part  of  his  life 
as  scholar  and  teacher  and  deputy  superintendent  of  schools. 

While  all  the  addresses  were  of  a  high  character  and 
were  heartily  received  and  responded  to  by  auditors  the 
sensation  of  the  evening  occurred  when  the  President  called 
upon  one  who  was  not  on  the  printed  programme,  Mr.  John 
Gribbel,  Vice-President  of  the  Public  Ledger  Company,  and 
of  the  Curtis  Publishing  Company. 

Mr.  Gribbel  called  attention  to  the  fact  that  before 
Robert  Burns  left  Ellisland  for  Dumfries  he  had  prepared 
a  manuscript  volume  containing  his  selected  poems  finished 
as  he  wanted  them  known  to  posterity,  and  another  volume 
containing  his  manuscript  letters,  and  these  he  had  presented 
to  his  very  dear  friend  Laird  Riddell,  of  Glen  Riddle. 

Through  a  number  of  changes  these  two  volumes  passed 

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into  the  keeping  of  the  Liverpool  Athenaeum,  where  they  re- 
mained for  sixty  years. 

Mr.  Gribbel  continued :  "  During  the  summer  just 
passed  the  English  reading  world  was  shocked  to  read  in 
the  public  press  that  the  authorities  of  the  Liverpool  Athe- 
naeum had  sold  for  money  these  priceless  trusted  treasures. 
Another  inheritance  sold  for  a  mess  of  pottage.  Another 
Esau  confessing  his  unfitness  for  nobility  and  honor.  Hur- 
ried efforts  were  made  to  stop  the  transfer  of  the  volumes, 
but  the  delivery  had  been  made  and  in  the  excitement  they 
disappeared  with  the  unknown  buyer  unhindered. 

"  Two  weeks  ago  I  was  astonished  beyond  measure  by 
having  a  dealer  come  to  Philadelphia  and  submit  to  me  for 
sale  the  missing  manuscripts.  Having  an  aversion  to  the 
possession  of  property  of  a  certain  class,  I  refused  to  con- 
sider them  as  any  possible  possession  of  my  own,  priceless, 
though  they  are ;  but,  gentlemen,  here  they  are,  sold  as  mer- 
chandise in  the  market  place  and  in  my  possession,  but  with 
a  purpose  which  I  am  sure  you  will  approve.  These  manu- 
scripts, after  the  death  of  Burns,  were  the  property  of 
'  Bonnie  Jean/  She  only  lent  them  to  Doctor  Currie  and 
those  who  came  after  him  had  no  stronger  title  to  them.  To 
whom  then  do  they  now  belong  by  right,  but  to  Scotland, 
whose  chief  possession  now  is  the  glory  of  her  immortal 
son?  Let  common  justice  control. 

"  Members  of  the  Society  of  Saint  Andrew,  here  for  15 
years  and  more,  by  the  grace  of  your  generous  hospitality 
have  I,  who  have  no  drop  of  Scotch  blood  in  my  veins — 
which  I  regret — sat  at  your  board,  privileged  to  join  in  your 
annual  hallowing  of  the  memory  of  Burns:  he  who  in  all 
British  literature  is  the  only  one  to  be  ranked  with  Shakes- 
peare, the  one  in  any  and  all  literature  loved  above  all  other. 
I  loved  Burns  before  I  was  honored  in  knowing  you,  but  here 
at  this  annual  fountain  I  have  drunk  inspiration  until  love 
of  Burns  has  become  enthusiasm. 

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"  Very  largely  influenced  by  my  association  with  you 
these  precious  writings  go  to  Scotland  to  stay  therein  forever 
protected  by  a  deed  of  trust  as  a  gift  to  the  people  who  gave 
to  the  world  Robert  Burns." 

Mr.  Gribbel  further  stated  that  he  had  communicated 
with  Lord  Roseberry  as  to  the  best  means  for  the  proper 
disposition  of  these  precious  books  to  insure  their  preserva- 
tion. 

At  the  conclusion  of  Mr.  Gribbel's  address,  the  audience 
rose  as  one  man  and  testified  their  appreciation  of  his  kindly, 
gracious  action  by  hearty  cheers. 


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